If this were truly a question for Rick, you could have sent it to Rick via PM or email.

Let's at least follow your previous post (re: walking and talking like a duck) and call it what it is.
con·fron·ta·tion (k

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n. 1. The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
2. a. A conflict involving armed forces:
a nuclear confrontation.
b. Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas:
an age of ideological confrontation.
3. A focused comparison:
an essay that brought elements of biography, autobiography, and general European history into powerful, meaningful confrontation.
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fron·ta
tion·al adj.
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tion·ist n.
Adj.1.confrontational - of or relating to confrontation