Do you support your friend even after knowing that friend has done wrong?
By ssh123
@ssh123 (31073)
India
January 24, 2007 9:46am CST
If your friend has done something wrong and you are very sure that he is wrong, and he is nabbed by police or judged for punishment at court, do you still support him? I donot. Minor mistakes can be pardoned, but cognizable offence should not be supported.
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@dellion (6698)
• Malaysia
25 Jan 07
I do agreed with you on this concern.Minor mistakes are acceptable but not somethings involved in serious mistakes that end up in jail. I still will consider him/her as friends but will make sure I step out from their living circles from than onwards.
@Sunset50 (1397)
• United States
25 Jan 07
Yes I would support him to get the help and understanding of what he did wrong and how it hurt others. I would support him to someday be able to apologize for his actions publicly. I would support him because first he is a human being, a creature perfect at birth, tainted by life, and maybe someday he will see the errors that caused him to spoil his life. Would I trust him? Probably not. I would be cautious that I didn't bring back anything that would lead him back to his old path. Besides, if he was a friend of mine, there must have been good qualities in him at one time. I would not support what he did, but I would support his ability to reason and to discover his failures and turn them around for the good. I have always believed that everyone has a good spot in their heart, even if it is the size of a pin hole. Who knows, maybe that pin hole of decency would enlarge when self esteem and responsibility is realized by him. I say him just as a general term. It could be a her. Either way, I would encourage the person to take any treatment serious and to realize that they are the only ones responsible for their lives.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Jan 07
As said by you there is nothing like self-realization. If petty offences, one can do things suggested by you like apologising in public etc. If it is cognizible offence, booked under law, obviously he has to undergo the punishment which cannot be bailed out. Very detailed response and thanks.
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@Sunset50 (1397)
• United States
25 Jan 07
That is true and he might spend the rest of his life in prison. But he has to accept that punishment and face the fact that he did wrong. I would encourage him to search his self to discover the reason he did wrong and to know that he is responsible for all that happened. Maybe I should have said I would encourage him to do these things instead of support him. I would not support what he did that was wrong or try to justify what was done. I would encourage him to get the help he needed to realize what he did was wrong. I would hope, even though his life might always be prison, that he would allow that small spot of decency to begin a process of change and acceptance to the life he created by doing wrong.
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@santwana_veddika (2018)
• India
24 Jan 07
yes i still support him because i know him from childhood and i know he never do like that type of work . if he had punished by the court that means "one again innocent person get the punishment"
i don't belive in police or courts what ever they present in a court .
i just belive in him , that it .
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Jan 07
How he can become innocent, when the charges are proved beyond doubt. Women folks are like this. They cannot take harsh decisions eventhough it is right from law point of view.
