Unapologetic
After the Sex tape of a University student in Nigeria surfaced, she suffered so much backlash and was criticised by everyone. Her school terminated her admission and everyone said she got what she deserved.
She dropped another Video yesterday apologising and she said the leaked Sex video was made a long time ago. She said she isn't what that video portrays again. Those who watched the leaked sex tape attest to it that she looked younger in the video. She was young and adventurous, but she's no longer that way.
Checking the reply under the video where she was asking for forgiveness, I was left with mixed feelings. Some sections pitied her and asked her to take care of herself since she complained that her mental health has been affected a lot. We, humans, are meant to make mistakes and learn from them. As my friend Giddyboy said in his article some days back - " Life comes with no manual" we learn from our mistakes and that of others.
Some other groups believe she doesn't deserve any sympathy or forgiveness. They said she should have thought of the future repercussion of her actions before taking the step. Even if she's no longer doing such, some mistakes cannot be forgiven, it's better not to do it at all.
There's no way to please humans, offer an apology they will say it isn’t sincere enough, don't offer an apology they will chastise you. There's no way you can satisfy everyone, especially when they are hell-bent on crucifying you.
The different opinions got me thinking and asking myself questions-
Is there an unforgivable sin?
Does everyone deserve a second chance?
Do we owe anyone an apology for our actions?
Is there an unforgivable sin?
This is a question I don't know how to answer or let me say I don't have an answer to. If there’s one thing I've learned in the last few years, is that we only say we can't forgive someone when it isn’t directly affecting us. Let me give an example, someone once implicated me in the exam hall and I made a promise to myself not to forgive him. What he did was outrageously stupid and when I explain it to people they all agree that what he did is unforgivable.
Some months later, my friend did something similar to someone. This time around I pleaded on his behalf, this was the same thing I promised not to forgive someone for. I never looked at the other person's perspective.
Does everyone deserve a second chance?
Since I'm indecisive on the former, I won’t be able to say for certain if any sin is unforgivable or not.
But if I were to pick one on the spot, I'll say " Everyone deserves a second chance". In our youthfulness, we tend to make mistakes and do things we might regret later, but we shouldn’t let such things define us. We deserve a second chance at love, we deserve a second chance in everything but not everyone is lucky to be forgiven or given a second chance.
Do we owe everyone an apology...?
It's common to see youth add to their bio "Unapologetic". I used to detest this but seeing the way people reacted to the lady’s apology, I can't blame these youths. Even when you tender an apology, people still crucify you and still trash your apology, why bother at all?
Those you owe an apology are those who are directly affected by your actions and your loved ones who trust and believe in you. Those you dissapointed with the actions you take but apologising to the public or a social media apology to me is a waste of time because there are people out there not ready to accept any form of apology from you.
Conclusion
As written above, learn to forgive others so the same can be done to you, also, learn to apologise to the right people when wrong. Social media is filled with hypocrites, they don't deserve any apology from you except if your actions directly affect them.
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I would like to ask why are people making fuss about the matter the same people are doing the same thing in secret, the only difference is that hers was leaked out.
Even some criticizing her might be doing things worse than she has done