It’s certainly better you did that than just cuss them under your breath while pretending, for appearance’s sake to other people, that you didn’t care. The second option is more a Canada phenomenon, if I read things correctly.
The conundrum is resolved by inviting the God of the bible into the picture. “I do the wrath for you!” so to speak.
One of myriad reasons demonstrating that this is wise, is that people are not static beings. Those who looked like they did right, may do wrong in the future; and vice versa. God competently keeps up with these complexities. We find ourselves wanting to hang a tag on a person for all time.
“We find ourselves wanting to hang a tag on a person for all time.”
Yes, true. That’s why John Paul II opposed capital punishment: he said we shouldn’t cut off the opportunity for redemption.