Posted AT 8:25 PM EDT on 07/09/07
Our infatuation with forgiveness
There's at least one important word that dictionaries of North American English would do well to drop from their next editions. Not “repugnant” – an action may still be that. Not “disgusting,” “revolting,” “vile,” “sickening,” “hideous” or even “inexcusable.” But even where behaviour is all those things, it's no longer “unforgivable.”
Take the case of Michael Vick.
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