Reply #23: But in your mind, forgiveness on her part would have consisted of [View All]

[Bunny]

letting him off the hook. When he initially contacted her, ostensibly to apologize, she could have ignored him completely and let him get away scott-free, which seems to be what you consider "forgiveness". In a society with rules, that's not acceptable. He not only violated her, he broke the rules of a civilized society and we cannot allow that to be disregarded.

Oh, and while their ability to forgive is admirable, I don't believe that either Mary Jo Buttafucco or the Amish families argued that their perps be allowed to walk away scott-free.