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MUST WE FORGIVE?
2009-11-06 11:17pm PT   |   Total Score: 10 points   |   Average Rating: 5 out of 5   |   Post History   |   Visit Barbara's Tchatzkahs

 

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As many of you already know, I am not a fan of the current psychobabble 'forgive & forget' model of adult discourse. Some things are unforgiveable.

I am always willing to listen, discuss, open the door to considerate communication that doesn't attack or blame and of course - genuine apology that owns the behavior that caused the rift in the first place. No one should be expected to forgive without repentance by the perpetrator. No one.

But blanket forgiveness? Sorry. That, in my humble opinion, is for suckers.


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From the political to the personal, Americans are caught in an orgy of forgiveness. Failure to pardon, we're constantly admonished, will blight our lives. Now a psychotherapist counters that popular claim. You can refuse to absolve your lover, spouse, parent, sibling or friend, she declares,...

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