How much would you be willing to forgive?

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8. I wouldn't forgive, I would leave

There are those that stay around and acquiesce, those who stay around and fight, and those who pick up and leave. Sometimes picking up and leaving is hard, like the Jews who left Nazi Germany in the '30s, arriving in a new land with just the clothes on their backs, but in retrospect, it beat staying around.

It was difficult for my grandparents, who decided sticking around in some backwater of the Austrian Empire held no future for them. They made it to America, passing through Ellis Island, and missed out on being able to participate in World Wars I and II. Looking back, the best decision for them was to pick up and leave.

It's always possible to pick up and leave. People emigrated from the 'closed' borders of the Soviet Union, people continue to make it out of North Korea, people leave the poverty of Mexico for the United States. Well, they used to. People are always on the move, and many are motivated to move to where life is better. See, if they stay, they have to decide whether or not to forgive, but if they pick up and move, the question becomes moot.