From: Rupert on
Ball has long displayed a keen interest in the subject of traumatic
child abuse. He used to illustrate one of his arguments about veganism
with a thought experiment in which a seven-year-old boy was brutally
sodomised with a broomstick six times a week.

Lately he has been expressing an interest in the question of whether
my psychotic episodes were caused by some sort of child abuse trauma.
He certainly seems very interested in the question; he won't let go of
it.

Ball, as it happens I would be perfectly happy to give you an honest
and frank answer to this question, but I would be worried someone
might come along in a similar situation who might want to keep a
matter like that private, and I would be undermining their right to
keep that matter private. So I won't be able to satisfy your
curiosity, Ball. Sorry about that.

Why do you have so much interest in the subject of traumatic child
abuse? Do you get some kind of perverse gratification from
contemplating traumatic child abuse? Do you fantasise about abusing
children yourself, or do you actually do it?

You're an interesting case, Ball.