We had a case, where they cut someone in the face. And he said, “If I forgive, will it remove these?” There were some scars on the face, where they had cut him. He also fell during that scuffle. That was a case that lasted a very long time and he did not agree [ to forgive] in any way. Xhavit Kabashi, one of the members of our group, Shpresa, listened to him, he was a friend of that person. He was a friend and they had also spent quite a long time together. He listened to him and did not intervene. Once he saw us, the whole group, getting tired from dealing with that man for four hours, he stood up, Xhavit, and he approaches Anton Çetta and says, “Professor.” And he says, “Yes, Kabash.” “Give me that hand.” He gives his hand. “It’s yours! Who is asking for this?” People [said], “Xhavit, slow down!” “Who is asking? More [Man], this one blabbered, this one blabbered for four hours, but he has no conscience. He fled from Kosovo, was convicted there, he left with me. We came here. Instead of being the first [to reconcile], he brings us trouble, ‘Who removes this?’ Go to the doctor and get surgery. You don’t expect us to pay, now, do you? Pay for it yourself if you have the money and if not, stay that way, you’re good enough. You have a wife, you have kids. Don’t bother me anymore!” Everyone breaks into laughter. He says, “Big deal.” After a while, he had no exit and so he stood up and reached out with his hand, and said, “Since he forgave, there’s nothing I can do.” And [Kabashi] said, “Not only do I forgive,” he said, “tell them that he has me to confront, I owe him, not they. He should deal with me,” he says. He stood too, and gave his hand to him and said, “Professor, forgiven it is.” We had all sorts of cases.
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