27-04-19, 02:33 PM
Quote:I'm glad it all worked out for you and to hear that the visit worked well for you is heartwarming and all very nice, but you are one in a million unfortunately in the fact that you had a wake up call that put you on the straight and narrow.
I am not so forgiving.....burglars are the lowest of the low, invading peoples "safe" place and the knock on effect of having your home invaded can last for months and even years.
Isn’t that just the point? Coffee doesn’t have to be one in a million. I can’t speak for Coffee, but it appears to me, like many young offenders Coffee hadn’t given too much thought to the impact on others of his criminal activities. That fella that first vented his anger, then visited him in hospital, perhaps for the first time made Coffee think about the impact of his life and choices on others –
Quote:“I'd never felt so pathetic in all my life and that bloke talking to me did more good than the nick to be honest, a BIG lesson learned.”It’s not about forgiving, it’s about responsibility and understanding. It’s not, as I understand it easy, it’s harder for all to face up to matters rather thanjust punish, condemn and bottle it all up – that’s for both perpetrators and victims.
Above all, it’s about making sure it doesn’t happen to others. I neither want my house broken into, or whatever, and nor do I want to see potentially decent young people throw their futures away.
And yeah, thanks again to Coffee for his honest contribution to this thread.