Forgiving doesn't mean forgetting: on the legacies Woody Allen and John Howard Yoder
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A recent post I wrote got me thinking about violent offenders in the NFL and how we might respond to them. In a capitalist society, it seems like our forgiveness is often dependent on whether or not the product that the offender was offering was worthy of consumption or not. One of the reasons that violent offenders get exonerated (and considering the hell Michael Vick went through in Philadelphia, I’m not sure if that’s the right word) in the NFL is because they end up being great players, great contributors. Most of the time they do something that helps them redeem themselves, but if they didn’t produce, often it’s not worth the team’s effort to keep them around.
Forgiving doesn't mean forgetting: on the legacies Woody Allen and John Howard Yoder
Forgiving doesn't mean forgetting: on the…
Forgiving doesn't mean forgetting: on the legacies Woody Allen and John Howard Yoder
A recent post I wrote got me thinking about violent offenders in the NFL and how we might respond to them. In a capitalist society, it seems like our forgiveness is often dependent on whether or not the product that the offender was offering was worthy of consumption or not. One of the reasons that violent offenders get exonerated (and considering the hell Michael Vick went through in Philadelphia, I’m not sure if that’s the right word) in the NFL is because they end up being great players, great contributors. Most of the time they do something that helps them redeem themselves, but if they didn’t produce, often it’s not worth the team’s effort to keep them around.