Reply #40: All of us make mistakes

[varkam]

At some time or another. Most of those mistakes are small, and some are large. His mistake is such that I don't have the words to express the gravity of it. I do not wish to excuse his actions by calling it a "mistake", but simply to say that now he wishes it were not so and, consequently, will suffer for it.

In one sense, I am glad that he will suffer but I hope that it is the kind of suffering that is productive and produces genuine change as suffering, unlike many other emotions, is one that can be extremely beneficial.

Should he of acted differently? Of course he should have. Unfortunately he cannot go back and change that, and nothing that he do will bring those people back to life or undo the harm that he has caused. I still maintain, however, that does not excuse violence against him.