piously accepted when it is not deserved? Is this not a dangerous prescription, likely to be destructive for persons who should at some point resist the false shame imposed on them and claim a rightful respect for the dignity fundamental to them as persons and as individuals? Even the model of Jesus as he enters Jerusalem for his hour of acclaim may not help us here. The Gospel writers tell us he chose to ride into the city on a colt or an ass—the animal princes rode when they wished to signify peaceful