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Sure, why not? Hit them upside the head.
Debate Score:76
Arguments:74
Total Votes:77
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Should we practice forgiveness?

 

I was recently told of an African tribe that does the most beautiful thing.


When someone does something hurtful and wrong, they take the person to the center of town, and the entire tribe comes and surrounds him. For two days they’ll tell the man every good thing he has ever done.


The tribe believes that every human being comes into the world as Good, each of us desiring safety, love, peace, happiness.

But sometimes in the pursuit of those things people make mistakes. The community sees misdeeds as a cry for help.

They band together for the sake of their fellow man to hold him up, to reconnect him with his true Nature, to remind him who he really is, until he fully remembers the truth from which he'd temporarily been disconnected: "I AM GOOD".


Posted at Dharma Comics by Leah Pearlman, founder of The Happiness Institute.

Photo by Hugh Sitton (Getty Images)

Sure, why not?

Side Score: 39
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Hit them upside the head.

Side Score: 37
2 points

I think this is a really good idea. If I lived in this place I would hurt people and do all kinds of bad things. It's a good way to get all kinds of praise from everyone. Nothing like positive re-enforcement for bad behavior.

Side: Sure, why not?
1 point

Sure, especially if you'd like some for yourself some day.

Side: Sure, why not?

The man in the picture is being levitated by all the good words coming from his friends ;)

Side: Sure, why not?
1 point

Always learn to forgive. not forget, no not at all just to forgive.

This is for your sake, not theirs.

Side: Sure, why not?
HarvardGrad(174) Disputed
1 point

How so for my sake? .

Side: Hit them upside the head.
Sportyfun1(84) Clarified
1 point

It's for your sake in that you don't have to hold grudges over every person you know. Believe me, you don't want to be the person who always holds grudges. I have a neighbor who does that, and I just gave up coming in any contact in her.

Side: Sure, why not?
1 point

Yes, because the Lord wants us to forgive, even when it's hard. It's true, guys, that everyone makes mistakes. Our list of all the bad things we do could be ten times bigger than the list of them. If someone won't stop every time you forgive them, talk it out with them. There's a cool new word called motivation. It means the reason behind why someone does something. They could have stress and then take it out on you. Who knows? Talking and forgiving is better that mentally or physically hurting them, because two wrongs don't make a right.

Side: Sure, why not?

Here's how South Park explains it. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML2aQTn1Ao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML2aQTn_1Ao
Side: Sure, why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML2aQTn_1Ao
Side: Sure, why not?

WTF!!!! Lt me guess, everyone should forgive Sadam Hussein and Mao Zedong for what they did tf

Side: Hit them upside the head.
Sportyfun1(84) Disputed
2 points

Yes we should, because the Lord loves them, and we really should too.

Side: Sure, why not?
Debater345(170) Disputed
1 point

There is a difference between forgiveness and letting people off the hook . Parents forgive their kids for what they did wrong but they still punish because it's the right thing to do , to never forgive someone is like drinking poison and expecting them to die . Honestly I'm glad those guys were punished , but we should still forgive them . What they did was horrible and they honestly don't deserve forgiveness but if the human race could just learn to forgive each I feel it could stop things like what Saddam and Mao did

Side: Sure, why not?
1 point

BULLSHIT!! There's no such thing as "The Right Thing to Do".

Side: Hit them upside the head.

You can not forgive someone, and still not worry about them. You can hate someone but forget their existence until something reminds you of them.

Side: Hit them upside the head.
Sportyfun1(84) Disputed
2 points

Not really. Ever heard of forgive and forget? Plus, when you hold a grudge, you have to be like, oh yeah, I'm mad at them.

Side: Sure, why not?
1 point

I was recently told of an African tribe that does the most beautiful thing.

Meh?

When someone does something hurtful and wrong, they take the person to the center of town

Seriously? That's the center of town??? LOL

and the entire tribe comes

An entire tribe of... four people?

For two days they’ll tell the man every good thing he has ever done.

Well he's probably dead already after two days.

The tribe believes that every human being comes into the world as Good, each of us desiring safety, love, peace, happiness.

LOL

But sometimes in the pursuit of those things people make mistakes. The community sees misdeeds as a cry for help.

Now this is just getting boring.

Side: Hit them upside the head.
Sportyfun1(84) Disputed
1 point

Excuse me, but some people think giving someone positive reinforcement and forgiving them is the best way. And for the four people being a tribe, they probably don't stay there for two whole days, and they believe people come into the world as good, which makes sense, AND I'm sure they give he man or woman food. It would be sort of ironic if while they're giving him kindness, they're starving him. And yes, sometimes misdeeds are a cry for help.

Side: Sure, why not?
Hellno(17753) Disputed
1 point

Well, excuuuuuuuse me.

Side: Hit them upside the head.
0 points

I never have anything good to say, I only remember the bad things that people do. Hitting the meanies just feels right.

Side: Hit them upside the head.
Imperfiect(44) Disputed
1 point

This is not the way.

If I hurt you, you must forgive me not for my sake but your own. Grudges are toxic for the mind to maintain, it will eat you up inside and erode your soul.

Side: Sure, why not?
ProLogos(2793) Disputed
1 point

I never hold a grudge, I just smack the shit out of them.

"What bitch!? wahblam! All is right".

Even if i don't smack them right away, I still don't hold the grudge.

Side: Hit them upside the head.
1 point

You don't have to say anything, just let go of what the other person has done to you. Less stress on your part. Which in return leads to a healthier lifestyle. So, I would say you should practice it.

Side: Sure, why not?
ProLogos(2793) Disputed
1 point

Naaah...It's not that simple.

They need to be punished.

I don't want them to do it to me again.

Side: Hit them upside the head.
Sportyfun1(84) Disputed
1 point

Yes, but you could lose friends that way, and how would you like it if you said something mean and someone slapped you? And please don't say you never do. Everyone does.

Side: Sure, why not?
ProLogos(2793) Disputed
1 point

I have not lost any of my friends. They know I only hit people when people do something very wrong. But I have scared a bunch of people away, but it was people who disrespected me and didn't think I would throat chop them...I warned them :l

They couldn't slap me, I'm too quick. :c

Even If they did slap me, I would love it. It would give me a reason to punch them.

Side: Hit them upside the head.