We must be ourselves. Anything else is a lie. To temper our beliefs and actions so that they offend no one is to live in fear ourselves.
I am not saying to do things to directly provoke others. Often our very existance gives grief to others. There will always be others that think anything you have worked for or achieved should be their's and that they, not you, should have it. That can be anything from a witty remark posted in a forum like this to your job (how many wanted it and didn't get it) to your wife (or whatever your choice is.)
To go through life without offending other is to exist, not live.
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