Forgiveness, or forgetfulness?
These people played every half-truth, half-baked, cop-out and emotional ploy they could imagine, just to protect themselves from paying their own debt in the matter.
In it they perpetuated false stereotypes, and provided plenty of propaganda [to save their own
bacon*] that will do nothing but hinder the public from addressing a crisis mental health issue in our society. With a third of our girl children and a quarter of our boy children being victimized currently, most of whom told that they, their feelings, and their well-being isn't important, what hope is there for all of us? Forget about honesty, integrity, duty, and any moral imperatives; a basic, functioning society at a legal and operational level is threatened by this widespread of a social illness.
This thing isn't "unforgivable," or "forgivable." That is about the victim, entirely within their purview, and is ours only in a general legal sense; we are charged only with how it affects the health of our society. What I cannot get over is the number of well-intentioned, good-hearted people that will play into the hands of truly self-absorbed evil individuals like this. It happens every time; the
playbook.
- Fall contritely on Christian Dogma;
- Admit to the sin and beg "forgiveness;"
- Cover up the extent of the wrongdoing;
- Lie about the whole issue by providing misinformation;
- Wait an appropriate time;
- Continue on agenda, being more careful not to be caught.
* how is that for a "folksy" metaphor to take the edge off of the real horror of the situation?
