An ethical question

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

.... grace is when someone does something wrong and you dont hold them to it, like when a ref makes a bad call, or a mentor breaks a rule with good intentions, or a spectator goes "boo!"

grace lets the bad vibes end with the first offense, and we dont need to set up a kangaroo court in the hallway of the arena to put the guilty on trial and condemmn them...

Actually the word I was thinking of is Forgiveness. A rule was broken albiet inadvertently. Apology has been made, the rest of us now Forgive the offender. End of controversy. Forgiveness is the result of Grace, which is where Gracious comes from.

If we just start winking at the rules, then the result is chaos. But if we enforce them with grace, mercy and forgiveness, the result is people want to obey the rules and feel bad when they don't for whatever reason. At least until they are forgiven and restored.

Though I wonder how willing other teams (including me) would be to forgive if they would have made it to the elimination rounds ...


Hmmm, Breaking Rules, Forgiveness, Retoration somehow those concepts seem real familiar? Where have I seen that before, a Best Seller perhaps?