The notion of 'forgiveness'

[silverwhistle]

I have trouble with this conceptually. You can accept an apology from someone, but only after you've crushed them, and it doesn't mean you have to be their friend. When an old acquaintance says, "I hope you won't hold it against me", all I can say is, "I'm sorry, but I find it hard not to". Because you've diminished my rights. Because you've screwed the economy. Because you've caused massive damage politically and socially. And you won't be around to deal with a lot of the longer-term fall-out, and I will, but even so, I fear not living long enough to get back the citizenship you are taking from me.

I don't believe in 'forgiveness'. You have to defeat enemies before you can accept their apologies, and even then, you can't pretend nothing's happened.