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Holding the grudge is helping no one, lest of all the victim. One could argue it's not an essential liberty, one we could dispense with for other gains in socie
by DenisM 8y ago
Holding the grudge is helping no one, lest of all the victim. One could argue it's not an essential liberty, one we could dispense with for other gains in society. Maybe a better course of action for the victim is to have the traumatic memory zapped [1] and go back to normal life.
[1] http://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/ http://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/
- LanceH 8y agoYour right to have an opinion of someone, speak facts freely and associate with who you wish are all fundamental rights which would be compromised by a "right to be forgotten."
- DenisM 8y agoI agree with those being fundamental rights. I wonder if a balance of rights can be found between those and the right to be forgotten - some way to preserve the individual agency of the victim and to give the offender a second chance. It might be easier in the end to prohibit hiring discrimination based on criminal history same as its forbidden for other personal traits.
- cortesoft 8y agoGiving people a second chance is not something that can mandated by law. Hell, the law doesn't even guarantee people a first chance. This is a cultural shift, and it needs to be fought in the court of public opinion, not actual courts.
- cortesoft 8y agoLook, I agree that it is not healthy to hold a grudge. My point is that I don't think it is our legal system's job to determine how long a grudge can be held. How long you should be angry for and how long you can talk about it is between the person and their therapist, not the courts.