Partly Facetious: Change is inherent in history

"Who do we not forgive?"
"I don't get it."
"It's a simple question what action by anyone do we not forgive?"
"One doesn't forgive one's less than one-year-old wife trying to hijack the party!"
"Don't be facetious, besides you and I both know that no spouse in world history has had the charisma to hijack a party..."
"The former Argentinean President Cristina Kirchner..."
"Right, but first she was the first lady and then with her husband's support, she was the country's president for eight years."
"Oh I see where you are going with this...time is required and that's a lesson learned for second wives who are above 40. You gotta put in the time before you can win the accolades."
"Hey, you and I both know that a marriage ends because the two do not get on well together and so let it be, it's history... I repeat my question: who do we forgive?"
"You know the sonnet titled The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) which is engraved on a bronze plaque on the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"But that policy has changed by the US politicians."
"Indeed, change is inherent in history..."
"Anyway I wanted to let you know that the one group of people that we keep forgiving are the politicians for corruption, nepotism, extortion..."
"That's not fair as most politicians maintain with a degree of credibility...and ask what about the civilian and military personnel who are also engaged in such activities?"
"Ah yes, but as a member of the public I neither hire them nor appoint them in key positions..."
"But you pay their salary as a taxpayer."
"Indeed I do, but I am one critical level removed from that activity - my tax is collected by the withholding agent - be he/she someone operating in the private sector or the Federal Board of Revenue - and then it is the politician who decides how much raise, how many promotions, how many..."
"I still think it's not fair - accountability must be across the board."
"And again I agree, but the But remains."
"But as in Butt, after all Kashmir rules!"
"Don't be facetious."