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You don't realize what a horrible person you are until you find yourself in an exchange of vicious verbal attacks with someone you claim to love. There was a hideous beast within me that I didn't mind unleashing to get my point across, no matter how petty the point was. In hindsight, those "debates" were actually intellectual and a significant marker for the kinds of people we both are today. However, at that time they were nothing more than a battle of wits, to see who was smarter than who. Trees have bark to protect themselves; animals, claws and teeth. Humans, however, have the tongue - the most dangerous tool ever known. With it, you can tear down anyone who is even the slightest insecure about anything. That insecurity, once discovered, dies a grisly death by the sharp and poisonous daggers that shoot out from the tongue.