[Sabertooth]

We reap what we sow. In his instance, he is asking for more kindness and understanding than he was willing to extend to others.

Fair enough.

What's your position in such matters? That those who are reluctant to extend second chances for others should then be denied one themselves?

Don't get me wrong, Rush deserves some of the lumps he's getting, but perspectives can get tricky when looking at the self-destructive human weaknesses of others, as compared to our own, if you know what I mean.

Have you always been willing, in all instances, to give second chances to others?

Have you ever asked for, and received, a second chance yourself?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I'm willing to give them to other people, and have received them myself.

The big question is whether Rush's audience will give him one, and what lessons both he and his audience will take from it.