Perpetrators who receive the gift of forgiveness are given a chance to change
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
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For perpetrators, when they apologize and experience remorse, it gives them a chance to reclaim their own humanity. Some rise to the moral challenge. Others of course don't care, and they continue acting with contempt.
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
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an act of forgiveness sets the victim apart from the perpetrator, who failed to act humanly towards the victim at the time he committed his crime.
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
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Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it.
