(September 22, 2015 at 12:24 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(September 22, 2015 at 12:09 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: This was precisely how I felt. It seemed like vengeance and not justice. But I reason it like this. This man broke the law and took advantage of three innocent kids. He was never served his day in court for a multitude of reasons. Justice was never given an opportunity to be served. Though yes, I personally forgave him, others who were harmed directly or indirectly by his actions have not and have not seen the justice system given an opportunity to serve its purpose. Their motives may indeed be vengeance, but it can still be classified as justice.
Sure it can be classified as justice... it is justice.
But is it justice worth doing?
Is the reason for this justice simply vengeance?
Is punishing this person, now, going to prevent harm to anyone?
I'd say that, at this stage, it's far more significant if you can get this guy to meet with the family and have him apologize to everyone he's wronged... to show repentance.
The court procedure doesn't encourage this... and it seems to me that this is what your family needs.
While I agree with you, if that were to happen, I assure you my grandfather would be one serving jail time because he would murder him. My grandfather is a hard hearted individual who has been in prison before and would not hesitate to take this man out personally.
We are not made happy by what we acquire but by what we appreciate.
