Hindu

Alright, it’s about time we learned how to accept an apology. 

How to forgive someone Hindu-style.Picture:AFP.

We’ve only just made it to April but if someone decided to made a wordle of the most used words over the past twelve months, I’d put bets on “sorry” being number one.

But if public opinion is anything to go by, it’s not making any difference whatsoever; in-undated with apology our response has been one of growing cynicism and hatred.

It seems we don’t have time for anyone’s explanations of existential crisis, human emotion or error; we’re more obsessed with moralising and debating the merits of their actions to give them a second chance.

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  • TG says:

    03:15am | 19/04/10

    Some of the posters here rightly point out that apologies are often not sincere or real.  But that misses the point that forgiveness is as much or more for the forgivers as it is for those forgiven.  Also, those forgiven should keep in mind that having their misdeeds forgiven is… Read more »

  • Steve the Elder says:

    09:11am | 16/04/10

    and there are so many judgmental people who decide the degree of another persons sincerity Read more »

 

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