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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2014-05-20

"I'm pleased Don Sterling says he is sorry. However, as anyone who has raised a child will tell you, actually being sorry means accepting the consequences of your actions and working to repair them.

"Michael Vick went to jail and did community service and has worked hard to earn another chance. Jack Abramoff did time and is dedicating himself now to trying to end the culture of lobbying that makes the sort of corruption that he practiced possible, Forgiveness and second chances are earned, not given. It is a cruel and unforgiving world where repentance is not possible, but it is an equally cruel world where forgiveness is too easily granted."

-- Harold Feld, 2014-05-12

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posted by [identity profile] sodyera.livejournal.com at 11:24pm on 2014-05-20
"Forgiveness and second chances are earned, not given. "
I want to quote this in some future work.
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posted by [personal profile] cellio at 01:36am on 2014-05-21
Yes, this is very important. Too many people think "I'm sorry" is sufficient grounds for forgiving and forgetting, completely skipping over the repentance-and-making-of-amends part. Some of them are the same people who, when on the other side, say "you break it, you've bought it". In some cases it might be a "consequences are for other people" attitude, but I think most of them are just oblivious.
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