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>>>>If you aren't joking, no, I wasn't around for that. (Was he defending Meadow Soprano's honor? ;-) ) Even if true there's a big difference. You get in Kevin's face, he gets right back in yours. Naomi isn't like that. She internalizes it. That should be kept in mind.
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>>>wrong.. if she can't play with the big boys, then she should look somewhere else. Why should everyone else have to tread on rice paper to prevent upsetting naomi?
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>>John, this isn't a rugby forum.
>Noone said it was, but the point is still true, if you can't hang with the big boys, then hang with the little kids somewhere else, or don't get involved in discussion of topics you can't handle.

The error of this argument is that you assume to know what the standard is or should be. You arbitrarily define the norm as the "big boys" (whatever that may be iro this forum) and then reject that which does not match your choice.

The argument that one should get a thicker skin assumes that it is a pre-requisite for participation in this forum.