Does ‘Forgiveness’ Mean Letting Offenders Ride Rough Shod Over Us?   At 'Call For Media and Government Investigation of Sathya Sai Baba', see the article:  Does ‘Forgiveness’ Mean Letting Offenders Ride Rough Shod Over Us? Posted by Barry Pittard on July 8, 2010  OUOTES "In a list of systemically misleading topics, 'forgiveness' would have to rank near the top. Wooly notions about it all too readily allow perpetrators to go free and without challenge. They can remain perpetrators, and their victims left in abject circumstance". "This inner attitude is far removed from notions such as peace at all costs, or the fool's 'paradise' of avoidance of issues, of being in denial, of being lovey-dovey and wishy-washy, and of retreating to euphoric states. I heard the Dalai Lama speak well on the subject of forgiveness, and made notes. See:   Dalai Lama: Forgiveness does not mean forgetfulness Posted by Barry Pittard on June 15, 2007 "