Saturday, January 7, 2012

Forgiveness is a Kind of Wild Justice

1/7/12. Dr. Theodore Dalrymple muses about forgiveness and justice.

"Recently I was asked at a public discussion of crime and punishment at which I was a speaker whether I thought it was right that the government (in Britain) had made it illegal for an employer to ask a prospective employee whether he had a criminal record and, if so, its nature and extent. This is a question that I have turned over in my mind, or at least let bubble away in my subconscious, ever since, for it in turn raises several interesting and important questions..."

http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/104668/sec_id/104668

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