Try the truth. I know this is hard when there are a bunch of people who actually think some black junior senator who has virtually no experience is capable of running this country and dealing with major world issues like terrorism, a bad economy, insane gas prices and illegal aliens, but I find it does better than stating you don't know what to say.



Decades of research have actually shown the opposite is true. There's even a term in computers called "Garbage In, Garbage Out". Studies on dogs have shown that ones that are treated better are friendlier, more full of energy, and more capable of extroversion whereas ones that are treated poorer are timid, afraid and angry -- signs of low self-confidence. You could be the best Texas Hold 'Em player in the world and if your cards suck, you're probably not going to win the tournament. There are hundreds of examples, I could keep going.



I thought you said a person with no self-confidence was "beyond help". Methinks I'm smelling a serious contradiction in your own post. Please lay off the doublespeak, thank you.


For the record -- Who should they beat or tease the confidence out of? Let me know.

But let's assume for one minute that you're actually correct. That the person has to expel personal demons. Suppose someone doesn't know how or know exactly what demons to expel. Or suppose he expels the demons and it does him no good. Then what? You've had someone go through all this trouble for jack. Fine individual you are!



Here. I'll be positive. I'm positive I need to cut this one apart:



Let's play a game. How many people have decided you're not worth the powder to blow to Hell, seriously, and closed you to leave you to a life of solitude? 5? 10? 20? :;plays a violin:: Oooh, man, you're so unloved! I mean that's horrible! Look at the people who have over 100 closes against them, and not doing the vindictive slamming of the door. I even know a guy who has over 500! That's an entire city of people who openly detest him! That has to be a serious ouch to the morale. (and no, that's not me, but it's getting there).

If $1.00 is taken from your bank account and you call the bank and they tell you it's a "service fee", then you're going to shrug it off and move on. If you call up the bank and have $2,000 missing, and find out it's a series of "service fees", you're going to be full-blown double-barrel angry as Hell and do you have a right to be? Yes.