I'm suggesting that it may be healing if you've got the right psycho-spiritual apparatus around it. Of course it may also be being a patsy, they're not exclusive. St Martin may have felt spiritually wonderful after giving the beggar his cloak, but I bet he still got a cold.
(I also think that the victim's wishes should be kept out of the legal system -- but, to me, if that's better for the victim that's just a beneficial side-effect. The main thing is that "justice" can only be conveyed by the polity at large, not by the people directly concerned.)
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whether as you suggest it's healing to forgive
Date: 2006-03-17 09:31 am (UTC)(I also think that the victim's wishes should be kept out of the legal system -- but, to me, if that's better for the victim that's just a beneficial side-effect. The main thing is that "justice" can only be conveyed by the polity at large, not by the people directly concerned.)