Too Forgiving?

Today, I watched a video that posed the question "Is America too forgiving?" The video argued that we give too many people a free pass for bad behavior, and doing so degrades the country's standards for morality. Personally, I worry that we may have to opposite problem. People tend to be too unforgiving of actions and behavior they consider to be immoral. However, I think the question is mostly moot anyway, for two reasons. First, we are commanded to forgive everyone, so no, we are not being too forgiving. And second, forgiving someone does not necessarily mean tolerating their behavior or allowing it to continue. We may (and must) forgive someone who has committed a murder, but that doesn't mean that we would stand back and watch them do it. It is possible to hate the sin while still loving the sinner. We can forgive wrong behavior without condoning it. In fact, by divine mandate, we must forgive the behavior, but we must not condone it.

So, to answer the video, no, we are not too forgiving. We're just forgiving (and condemning) in the wrong ways.