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by wccrawford 2523 days ago
Also, forgive them!

I hate it when people hold something against someone forever, even though they've already admitted fault. If they get punished even if they repent, there's no incentive to ever repent again. They might as well just keep doing bad things because there's no difference for them.

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One of my favourite maxims is, be hard on the problem, not the person.