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Life is not fair.  You've heard that before.  One thing that tends to make life fairer is to put our cards on the table, say what we want to say.  It does not always change bad to good but it does make an opportunity for dialogue.
Example:
Rube Waddell, the Hall of Fame Pitcher liked to eat crackers in bed.  When they used to travel with the Philadelphia Athletics the players slept two in one bed.  Rube Waddells’ bunk mate was Connie Mack, the manager, who put an anti-cracker clause in Waddell’s contract.
-George Will

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