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Originally Posted by rg4619
Sure, if the perpetrator is genuinely remorseful. I think forgiveness is something to be sought and earned, but that's me.... I'm one who prefers to assess all sides and details objectively, and I think there's a lot to consider in these instances.
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Great post. I'd certainly be less ready to forgive someone whom the authors hadn't manipulated me into sympathizing with -- although I note that the manipulation didn't take for a lot of people here. But that doesn't mean that forgiveness isn't best. Like I said, forgiveness doesn't mean letting them continue.
As for "genuinely remorseful," that reminds me too much of the fake confessions that are an integral part of the present-day Chinese justice system. I prefer to think that simple forgiveness may help elicit real remorse and change later.
Mainly, though, I don't want to treat characters in popular fiction as if they were models for real-world actions. I prefer to keep it as a fantasy world.