Post 5

"In recent weeks, President Pinera has said that while the military has been assigned all of the blames for the dictatorship, there are still civilians who benefited from the regime but who have never taken responsibility.  In the end, he said, the country needs both justice and forgiveness."

• Do you agree or disagree with this idea, that those who benefited would be responsible?

I agree with the idea completely.  The military was just following Pinochet's orders, and some of the other people who were acting on their own accord should be recognized, because they were doing unethical things when they were not forced to.  

• How does the call for justice connect to the call for forgiveness

I think that the call for justice is louder than the call for forgiveness.  People want justice or closure more than forgiveness.  They want to know what happened to their loved ones/what happened to the people who did it.  

• What does this quote say about where the country of Chile's citizen's fall in their Universe of Obligation?  Who is in and or out of their universe?  Why do you day that?

The citizens of Chile were not in the Universe of Obligation when they were under Pinochet's rule.  Currently, I think that they are in the Universe of Obligation, as President Pinera is trying to give them some sort of closure/Justice/Revenge.  The quote proves that now the government has the people in their