When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat' while romantic is really meaningless since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.