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When you’re in trouble with a bully at school and you need to get him off your case, do you: a) yank his chain and call him an idiot; b) find a virile friend to confront him; or c) do the sensible thing and get one of the matrics, the first-team captain perhaps, because you’ve prepared for this possibility, to go talk to the guy?..
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