Seems pertinent - perhaps to either side you find yourself on at present. ----
Great works and praiseworthy behavior may bring respect and admiration, but these won't help us to escape blame when we do something wrong, says a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland and Harvard University. To do that, the researchers say, one needs to be a victim not a hero! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110216132042.htm

