Extract from Expect Resistance by Crimethinc

I would like to be someone with whom no one would be ashamed of any part of themselves. I would like to be able to regard the actions of others without feeling threatened or becoming defensive, even when they are defensive with me- to see others in the context of their lives, not my own. I would like to know how to set the right limits on how far I trust others, so I never risk losing my respect for them or my ability to trust. I would like to be able to look those adversaries who should be allies and say Like it or not, this is who I am. This is what the world has made of me, and we must all live with the consequences. I can't change the decades of life behind me that have wrought this, only take responsibility for what I am and what I do. I don't want to compete with you for moral high ground or anything else. Unless you're prepared to kill everyone who doesn't live up to your standards or else endure this impasse indefinetely, you're going to have to accept me on my own terms, as I hope to accept you. You are responsible as I am for making what goes on between us positive for us both- or for the world of strife we will suffer in otherwise.