The problem with an “amnesty” is that this was indicative of human nature. Those who perpetrated it on the rest of us need to be held accountable (a whole lot of experts need to lose their jobs) and the populace needs understand we need to be vigilant about preventing a repeat.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
C. S. Lewis
That Lewis quote is great. I’ve seen it a few times over the last few days.