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lambshank
I don't think any one person could lay claim to that, past or present, there have been many great people, philanthropists, researchers, doctors and so on, and but for me it's anyone and everyone that contribute to the welfare and well being of others, those that try to maintain our planet and the animals,some of which are almost extinct due to the destruction of their natural habitat, the people that put their lives at risk attempting to protect the marine life from illegal slaughter(whaling) right down to the kind people donating their energy and time to those less fortunate.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 4 | |
lindilou
The hope of a better world is contained within the human potential for forgiveness. A deep thought question -- what is the nature of evil and the limits of forgiveness? Ordinary people are capable of both tremendous violence and enormous compassion. Forgiveness and reconciliation stops the cycle of violence, stops revenge and further violence.
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizelan is a psychologist from South Africa who has brought together the victims of the apartheid-era secret police torturers and the families of those they killed. She says, "Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it. This is what it means to be human, [because] it says I cannot and will not return to the evil you inflicted on me. And that is the victim's triumph."
In South Africa there is intense anger related to the crimes against humanity during the apartheid era. In her past work as a member of the Human Rights Violations Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of South Africa, Gobodo-Madikizelan used dialogue, understanding and alternatives to courtroom settings in order to bring perpetrators and victims together. When a perpetrator [of torture, murder] apologizes with genuine remorse, they recognize their victim's humanity, even in death. She says, "Perpetrators who receive the gift of forgiveness are given a chance to change." Pumla Gobodo-Madikizelan has authored a book, A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness, about her prison interviews of former South African secret police head Eugene de Kock, who is serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity.
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| 12 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
