The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #153367   Message #3592138
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
14-Jan-14 - 07:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Can People Forgive?
Subject: RE: BS: Can People Forgive?
Love and forgiveness in the spiritual sense are general attitudes, and implied by any notion of faith. They do not oblige us to "turn the other cheek" in all circumstances, or to be friendly to offenders, but (as we saw before) to let go of the desire for revenge or retribution, personally and collectively. Those desires are selfish and destructive, even if apparently conceived in the name of other people such as the Native Americans or abused children.

Fighting for justice and against crime is quite a different thing, and so is mourning one's losses. I have the feeling that Lizzie Cornish has an inadequate approach to the topic, sadly causing damage to her concerns and her own person.

Eliza, if you ask me: don't worry that much.