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My how times have changed!


This is an interesting window into ethics of the day; by today's standards the behavior is outrageous let alone criminal. AND she forgives him!

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True. But aside from one patient, he never actually did anything. Besides the one patient, the worst thing he really did was continually give Smith his fixes. Oh, and gamble all her money away...lol. Not sure why she shouldn't forgive him. What does burning about his poor ethics for the rest of your life really accomplish. As long as he changes (which it seems he will at the end of the film), why not forgive? Now if he DOESN'T change, you don't forgive over and over endlessly. But isn't everyone entitled to that one forgiveness?

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