"Forgiveness"

“To forgive is divine!” is the universal 'Truth'!

Of the many aspects relating to “forgiveness” that the writer discussed so meaningfully in a blog that I read recently, “Who can forgive the guilty? Is it the aggrieved, or we people, who are not directly affected by the crime?” was pivotal to her write-up.

At a personal level, I believe that, whenever a rape / murder or any kind of irrevocable physical and/or mental harm is committed intentionally or knowingly by an individual, he/she if proved guilty, has to be punished, not by physical harm or killing in retaliation, as done by who we call the uncivilized (tribal or barbarian communities), but by segregating him/her for the rest of life from the society. 

To me, the lofty idea of providing an opportunity to reform simply does not work and carries no meaning at all, and is the greatest folly being entertained, and the greatest injustice meted out to the aggrieved!

Such a crime if ignored by a society is no society to live in, for normal humans.

Such society ceases to be a just society, and the community, no humans!

But alas, such is the ‘society’ we happen to live in! 

Are you and me, alien to this society?

Or is it just the apathy most of us are used to display in our daily lives?

I believe that we do have a duty to perform to the society we belong to, besides our own selves.

Our personal virtuosity alone cannot ensure a safe existence to our kids and theirs!

I wholly condemn and curse those, who sit in relative safety and advocate “a Fair Opportunity to reform (!?)” - to plumb hell! 

I care a damn if I sound impudent to these pseudo-intellectuals or if I amass sin for cursing certain sub-humans.

These irresponsible members of the society, according to me, are the real culprits, and even worse than those who actually commit such heinous crimes!