On Dec 8, 9:42*am, Bryan > wrote:
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>
> It's not even really that. *I just don't coddle emotional weaklings,
> and don't
> expect anyone to coddle me. *If I do something in a crappy way, I
> don't
> want to be lied to by people who are trying to baby my feelings. *That
> sort of crap just fosters more and more mediocrity and ignorance.
>
> My sister's feeling were not hurt. *She is not an emotional weakling.
....

Truedat, almost entirely. I'll eluciate the "almost" sometime in
private.

John Kuthe...