I'm only modestly brilliant. "Amazingly brilliant" is ten points up the IQ scale. lol
"Mercy" does not mean "let everyone do whatever they want with no consequences".
If you steal my car and then beg for forgiveness... I may show mercy and forgive you. That does not mean that, as a society, we allow people to keep the car.
Once again you have solved the world's dilemmas in one single post! I am truly humbled!