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SOFT SHELLS AND THIN SKINS
The other day I picked an egg out of the carton and the shell just crumbled in my hand. This is similar to the way they're teaching children, to be thin-skinned, to take offense at literally everything.

While name calling or ridicule can make children's schooling hell, there was also an answer to it, a quick punch in the mouth. Either the thoughtless one got the message, or he hit you back much harder and you knew you'd have to suffer his insults for quite awhile.That's when you accepted your fate.

Today they teach courses in how to take offense. It's like walking barefoot across a parking lot strewn with nails.

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