To forgive is divine

摘要

SHOUTING "no to forgiveness" may sound awfully cruel. But on May 13th thousands of Tunisians marched through Tunis, the capital, waving banners with that slogan. They were protesting an "economic reconciliation" bill that would give amnesty to businessmen and officials accused of graft during the rule of Zine el-Abi-dine Ben Ali, the former president. The staggering corruption of his regime was one of the sparks of a revolution that forced Mr Ben Ali from office six years ago and ignited the Arab spring.