[[Likewise, a family that lost it due to the gravest of duress has no rights to it either.]]
Huh? So a woman who loses a child to kidnapping loses all rights to her child?
Bad example! Kidnapping is not a TRADE.
Huh? So a woman who loses a child to kidnapping loses all rights to her child?
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I phrased my question badly. I was trying to convey my incredulity that the judge really seems to be saying that the circumstances about how the painting left their possession was meaningless. It seems very important, which is why I used the word duress.
But it wasn’t a child. It’s a painting. This family would have a lot more peace if they would forgive. I know that would be incredibly difficult, but it’s the only way to not allow the evil ones to win. As the Rabbi said at today’s National Day of Prayer, it’s not what is done to a person, it’s how they respond to evil, that is important. Decades ago, I heard of a study that found that whether or not the Holocaust survivors did well, depended upon their response -— those who would not “move on”, as it were, let it destroy them, and never got over it, but those who determined to have a good life, despite all, were able to find happiness. We’re never going to see total justice done in this life; if we refuse to be happy until we have it, we’ll always be miserable.