I have used CowboyNeal's personal email for 20-41% of my life.

A previous poster already said it: OO is hardly the poster child for Free Software. And since it's the Free Software dudes who tend to use things due to "idealogiocal reasons" I'd recommend you try something else, something that really is Free. Perhaps Abiword, which is what I use, would work for you as well. Give it a shot, it's always better to be idealogically consistent. :)