Crime and vice generally require darkness for prowling. They disappear when light plays upon them.
They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
Continue to grow and evolve.
Salvation of the Gita is perfect peace.
Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.
Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking.