If no one remembers a misdeed or names it publically, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim … - Miroslav Volf

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Miroslav Volf

If no one remembers a misdeed or names it publically, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim is not a victim and its perpetrator is not a perpetrator; both are misperceived because the suffering of the one and the violence of the other go unseen. A double injustice occurs-the first when the original deed is done and the second when it disappears.

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