Talk:How the 'A' Stole Christmas/@comment-25793237-20141202201806/@comment-25755332-20141202211558

^a detail to point out is also that Ali was young when she behaved the way she did, not an excuse, just saying. We also don't know the real reason, why she behaved the way she did. And perhaps she wasn't even aware of how much damage she was doing. But Ezra was an adult and he knew exactly what he was doing, even though his intentions wasn't evil. Toby was teen, he was aware what he was doing. But he didn't know how far Mona would take the game, he was a bit starry-eyed and credulous. Toby's intententions wasn't evil either. That's the reasons I believe people in general have forgiven Ali easier compared to Ezra and Toby. All three of them have done mistakes and have tried to redeem themselves. But I'm not going to lie, I'm not sure if I personally could have ever forgiven Ezra if that had been me in Aria's position. With Toby I'm not sure either, if I ended up in Radley because of his and Mona's antics. Ali would probably be the easiest to forgive, even though her behaviour was far from acceptable.

So the things we are comparing are a) Ali was young and a bully, b) Ezra was an adult, but he wasn't evil and c) Toby wasn't evil, just trying to protect.

We are justifying their behaviour with; Ali was young, Ezra didn't have bad intentions and Toby was just trying to help. And we are judging their behaviour with; Ali knew she hurt people, Ezra was an adult and should have known better and Toby was a bit stupid to think that it could be easy to be the hero.