Forgiveness is one of the most important and overlooked moral concepts we have. Let's take the occasion of actor Mark Wahlberg's plea for a pardon.
Some background: when he was a teenager growing up in the Boston area, Wahlberg attacked two Vietnamese men -- Thanh Lam and Hoa Trinh -- in separate incidents on the same day. Trinh lost sight in one eye as a result. Wahlberg laced his attacks with anti-Vietnamese slurs. He was convicted of assault, and eventually served 45 days in prison.
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