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Neoma

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2. That's part of the problem.
Sun May 25, 2014, 06:37 PM
May 2014

More people do need to tell their story. I personally think a good part of it is poor self-esteem and just generally being afraid to put yourself out there.

I mean seriously, how do you react to people who claim straight up that you're going to be a murderer? That's a horrible way to start this kind of discussion. If there's any group who needs serious moral support in order to tell their stories, it's this one.

I tried that once. I was slammed for being crazy because the standpoint he was at was impossible to reach. Once I started talking about knives, that was the end of the discussion. No need to explain further apparently.

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