Forgiveness

 

July 2, 2026 and ninety-six years ago on this day in 1932, actor Brock Peters who portrayed M’Kone in S02E08, The Last of the Supermen, Ron Ely Tarzan TV series, was born in Harlem. I first learned about Brock when he voiced Darth Vader on the PBS radio production of STAR WARS. He was awesome.  He appeared in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD with Gregory Peck and in PORGY AND BESS. He played he reoccurring characters, Admiral Cartwright and Joseph Sisko, the father of the Commander Benjamin Sisko, Deep Space Nine, on Star Trek.

 

Read a review of the episode at: https://www.erbzine.com/mag74/7431.html#39

 

 In THE LAST OF THE SUPERMEN, M’Kone, played by Brock Peters, goes on a mission to kill the returned and unrepentant Nazis that killed his wife and young son. The episode is a wonderful parable about the dangers of letting toxic people back into your life people who could care less about your forgiveness because they can’t ever imagine that they’ve done anything wrong.

 

The drabble for today, “Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing,” was inspired by THE LAST OF THE SUPERMEN and a Georgian proverb,  The message is clear, forgiveness is wasted on people who don’t acknowledge their bad behavior.

 

Jai said, “Why don’t you forgive the Nazis?”

 

M’Kone replied, “They never apologized for killing my wife and child. Since they don’t believe they’ve done anything wrong, my forgiveness means nothing to them.”

 

“But, I was taught that we should try to mend fences.”

 

“The only fence to be mended is the fence that keeps them out of our village. If you don’t have clear boundaries, their bad behavior will escalate. Kindness requires wisdom, Blind forgiveness invites more exploitation. ”

 

“Forgiveness won’t make them better people?“

 

“If you forgive the fox for killing your chickens, he will kill your sheep.”