The Ottawa Citizen this morning contained some strong opinions on a recent car crash into a home in our community. The home owner was accused of being too forgiving in her comments about the young man. It reminded me of another controversy over how merciful we should be.
It was close to 21 years ago that Jim Swire's daughter Flora died on Pam Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. How painful for the families involved when the tragedy was once again debated in the press. The occasion was the release from prison of Abdelbaset Ali al megrah Megrahi, the Libyan man known as the Lockerbie bomber.
Jim Swire praised the Scottish government for the release. He said, " am a Christian. So I would hope that, even if I was convinced that Megrahi was guilty, my Christian compassion and forgiveness would extend to wanting to see him die with his family around him in Libya."
Peter
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