Can a mistake be so big, that the one who did will never have your respect again?

[tackattack]

I don’t equate someone’s inherent worth to what they do. I don’t equate forgiveness and respect either. You can make a terrible mistake and still have zero earned zero respect and still be forgiven in my book. I wouldn’t treat that person any different than the thousands of other people I encounter everyday. If that person hasn’t atoned for their mistake I’d apply more cynicism to any meeting we had, for self protection since it’s not obvious they’re changed but I wouldn’t treat them badly because I’d forgiven them. Sometimes that forgiveness can take time though and until they are forgiven I’d probably be treating them worse than the average nobody.

[Rev. Rye]

One mistake by itself, no, with the possible exception of killing someone I hold dear, or something that can potentially ruin my life. If it’s the culmination of several mistakes, maybe. But one is probably not enough.

If I can still respect Alfonso Cuaron after making the “I Am Autism,” a short documentary that I think could rightly be compared to The Eternal Jew (link here because the forum code doesn’t like italicising within a URL for whatever reason) in its depiction of autism, I’m not sure if a single mistake would be enough to totally destroy a relationship for me that wasn’t already fraying.