Post by pavel on Apr 18, 2016 2:58:40 GMT -6
Will Affluenza Boy Ethan Couch ever be eligible for forgiveness?
Popular opinion will not, and should not forgive what Ethan Couch did: Killed four people and maimed nine more while driving drunk.
Nor is it likely to get over what Couch represents: entitlement, privilege, and an absolute lack of remorse for his destructive narcissism.
With all that baggage, will it ever be possible to forgive Ethan Couch, the person?
We are all eligible for the grace of forgiveness. This is not the the same thing as dodging punishment, and in some respects, it’s harder to achieve. We feel righteous in handing out punishment to the guilty, but forgiving them can seem like too much to ask.
Even if Tarrant County Judge Wayne Salvant sticks to his ruling this week that Couch – at 19, now a legal adult – does nearly two more years in jail, it won’t be enough for the millions of people to whom “Ethan Couch, the Affluenza Teen” is as familiar a tale as a blockbuster movie.
Read more: thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/will-affluenza-boy-ethan-couch-ever-be-eligible-for-forgiveness.html/
Popular opinion will not, and should not forgive what Ethan Couch did: Killed four people and maimed nine more while driving drunk.
Nor is it likely to get over what Couch represents: entitlement, privilege, and an absolute lack of remorse for his destructive narcissism.
With all that baggage, will it ever be possible to forgive Ethan Couch, the person?
We are all eligible for the grace of forgiveness. This is not the the same thing as dodging punishment, and in some respects, it’s harder to achieve. We feel righteous in handing out punishment to the guilty, but forgiving them can seem like too much to ask.
Even if Tarrant County Judge Wayne Salvant sticks to his ruling this week that Couch – at 19, now a legal adult – does nearly two more years in jail, it won’t be enough for the millions of people to whom “Ethan Couch, the Affluenza Teen” is as familiar a tale as a blockbuster movie.
Read more: thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/will-affluenza-boy-ethan-couch-ever-be-eligible-for-forgiveness.html/