(August 1, 2016 at 2:48 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Anyhow, the employee was convicted, and is going to do some time (for a million bucks, to me the time seems on the low side, by quite a bit). After the trial, before being hauled away she indicated she wanted this couple to come up to the lawyers table and she broke down apologizing for the disaster. This couple were moved to tears themselves and said they no longer held any ill will towards her and they were sorry they were all at this bad juncture.
The fact that the employee was convicted, even though they were forgiven, reveals the fundamental difference between a persons right to forgive and the laws obligation to punish. If judges could "forgive" - not THAT would be a problem. And, apparently, this goes on a LOT in Islamic countries where they have "councils of elders" deciding what's right and wrong. (Egypt - Muslims vs. Copts - is a good example.) It's not surprising that these people don't like the western concept of "rule of law."
