1. I didn't support the Iraq War when it began in 2003 and thought the U.S. was unjustly persecuting all Muslims for 9/11. I hoped Saddam and the Muslims would win the war and teach America that it had no authority "policing the world".

2. Despite my aversion to giving to non-Catholic charities, I both sponsor a child in Peru and donate to the Canadian Red Cross every month.

3. I've been cheated on by every girlfriend I've ever had, and it's given birth to a deep seeded distrust of women in general, no matter how small or insignificant the action.

4. Despite the fact that my political views are far right, I used to be a radical Castroesque communist, and most of my friends in Italy are communists and in Canada are libertarians.

5. I once believe that Islam and Christianity had more similarity than difference and worked to foster interfaith dialogue in my community.