I am ashamed of everything I defend

A philosopher
will always defend knowledge
—things of great import.

Any well-thought thought
will make any thinker proud
—no such thing as shame.

excellent viewpoint;
sometimes what we defend is
about saving face.

another metric:
things we defend because we
ARE ashamed of them

I actually thought of this one after seeing Taxi to the Dark Side, a documentary about detainee treatment in the "war on terror," but it could be about almost anything, even things we shouldn't be ashamed of (but are anyway).

Hmmmm. I wonder what that says about me?