Being more merciful or tolerant than expected.
Leniency
Fact of the Day
The eighteenth-century evangelical preacher George Whitefield considered it a badge of honour that, along with rotten fruit, he might be pelted by 'pieces of dead cats'.
Quote of the Day
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing.Those who count the votes decide everything.
"
~ Josef Stalin
On This Day
1787 The 'First Fleet' of 11 ships carrying convicts to Australia left England.
1888 Slavery was abolished in Brazil.