
"Simple financial restitution doesn't cover the feelings of violation incurred from being a victim which is far more difficult to quantify and may vary wildly from person to person."
This reminded me of a line from The Reader (a Holocaust movie with some... questionable decisions, but let's not dwell on that). I might get some details wrong, but: A Nazi war criminal, feeling guilty, left some money to the family of one of her victims. The inheritor said she didn't need money and would give it to charity, but not a charity related to the Holocaust. She said doing that would seem like absolution, which she refused to do. That surprised me at first, but I think I get the logic- she didn't want anyone to think that massive crimes against the Jewish people can be wiped away simply by paying them off.
Jurgan - [jurgan6 at yahoo dot com]
"There is a difference between you and me. We both looked into the abyss. But when it looked back at us- you blinked." -Batman, "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths"
posted @ Thu, Dec 7, 2023 3:34:46 pm EST from 73.98.83.6