Ray gathered his hat and stood.
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Ray, realizing he has no actual power in this room and any continued defense of his beliefs will only cause him to become a martyr, decides to bow out before Scarsdale becomes angry. Thanks to Shel Silverstein's "The Devil and Billy Markham," it's a tactic I've come to know as a "chickenshit hit and run." I know describing it as "chickenshit" makes it sound as if I don't think much of it but I think it's a great tactic! It's one of my preferred tactics, especially online! "Chickenshit" is just the way God described it in the poem because Billy tried to use it against Him.
