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We punish a wrong-doer in accordance with our ideals. joe from Lowell Says:
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“This respect and deference for the freedom of the subject, has nevertheless overshot one purpose, while it served a worse: it has forgotten to protect the innocent, and has transferred all its real benefits to the wrong-doer”.
The Single Measure Of Public Confidence « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree, so the wrong-doer cannot do wrong without the hidden will of you all.
i refuse to hate jen 2008
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Remember that the leaking board member was the primary wrong-doer, not HP.
Former H.P. Executive Indicted for Leak of Secrets - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree, so the wrong-doer cannot do wrong without the hidden will of you all.
Archive 2008-07-01 jen 2008
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When someone is able to forgive the abuser, the betrayer or the wrong-doer, he or she is able to recognize that behavior or that tendency in others more quickly and avoid it.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: The Trauma of Betrayal and Verbal First Aid 2010
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People feel less guilty lying to someone they see as a wrong-doer.
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A standing joke, based very much on fact, is that whenever a Japanese person commits a headline-worthy crime, the 2 channelers will dig up a Korean ancestor for them so as to deny the wrong-doer is one of “us”.
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People feel less guilty lying to someone they see as a wrong-doer.
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When someone is able to forgive the abuser, the betrayer or the wrong-doer, he or she is able to recognize that behavior or that tendency in others more quickly and avoid it.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: The Trauma of Betrayal and Verbal First Aid 2010
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