The torturer walks free; the victim is expected to forgive.Not everybody can stomach this.
Black people are expected to forgive (and endorse the status quo) before we grieve, feel anger or even recover from the shock of the death of a loved one.
"Those who have been bereaved cannot be expected to forget, let alone forgive," said Kenny MacAskill.
How could we be expected to truly reconcile with and forgive the people who had murdered and destroyed our families when the great man himself could not reconcile with and forgive our Great Mother – the woman without whose efforts and sacrifices his memory would have been long lost, together with the names of countless others who had spent those years on Robben Island?
No Bayern manager could have been expected to be forgiven for such a run, least of all Van Gaal, whose stubbornness has long cost him the support of Hoeness.
[C7.] Builder Seeks Debt Relief in Japan A large Japanese construction company, Kumagai Gumi, is expected to ask its creditors to forgive $4.25 billion in debt.
A major Japanese construction company, Kumagai Gumi, is expected to ask its creditors to forgive 450 billion yen in debt, or $4.25 billion.
C2 Seeking Debt Relief in Japan A major Japanese construction company, Kumagai Gumi, is expected to ask its creditors to forgive 450 billion yen in debt, or $4.25 billion.
On "Starting Over" women in their 20's are expected to separate from their mothers, forgive wayward fathers and stop partying.
