A number of measures (e.g., apologies, truth telling) are aimed at restoring a sense of dignity and inclusion to formerly mistreated or disempowered parties.
Mr. Tiberi, who insisted he would run for re-election, said he had been "humiliated and mistreated" by his Gaullist party.
To earn forgiveness, offenders must perform bold, humble and heartfelt acts of repair, such as bearing witness to the pain they caused, delivering a meaningful apology, rebuilding trust, and addressing those vulnerabilities that led them to mistreat the hurt party, so that they never violate that person again.
We will probably see a lot more beef to come.John Russell Managing director North Head BeijingSIR – Your article regarding the recent fine imposed on Chevron by a court in Ecuador in a long-running environmental lawsuit seemed to suggest there is some doubt about which party is being mistreated ("Monster or victim?", February 19th).
Under Antoninus Pius (reigned 138 161 AD), laws further extended the rights of slaves, holding owners responsible for the killing of slaves, forcing the sale of slaves when it could be shown that they were being mistreated, and providing a (theoretically) neutral third party to which a slave could appeal.
Minority parties in both houses are mistreated on matters that range from office supplies to the bills allowed on the floor.
Housing over 300 reptiles, the rescue centre that Hopcroft runs reportedly serves the purpose of rehabilitating animals that have been discarded or mistreated, as well as being an attraction for birthday parties and school presentations.
Or else they're savvy populists, perhaps disowned by their parties and perceived by voters to have been mistreated.
Finally, it's worth mentioning that this style of urban policy represents a spectacularly overdue return to form for the Democratic party, which spinelessly gave up on cities just as much as Republican administrations sadistically mistreated them.
In fact, her status as an injured party afforded her a psychological advantage: she felt morally superior to everyone she felt had mistreated her.
I think the Labour party has started to feel sorry for Andrew Lansley, like sympathetic Victorians who feel sorry for a monkey cruelly mistreated by an organ grinder.
