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Originally Posted by cannon7
You're sure attributing a lot of intent to this young man absent of evidence. Neither of us know what he did or didn't do to make or attempt to make amends. We can take the victim's mother at her word while at the same time recognizing that it is only one side of the story. Doesn't make anything more or less "obvious" to an objective observer.
It's this kind of thinking that gets us into trouble. We think we know more than we do. We mistake our emotional response for righteousness.
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"But there's nothing in the article that says he's continued the behavior that got him into juvenile hall.
In fact, there's accounts of the opposite. But we can't claim to know what is in this young man's heart. Actions speak louder than words."
So where are the accounts of the opposite? Why can you positively attribute to him without much evidence, but when the victim and his family says he didn't apologize you can't take that at face value? Why is his word weighted more than his victim?
I think the only thing we agree on is actions speaking louder than words. He made no action to seek true forgiveness, so to me that speaks volumes.