This thread is hilarious.
Anyway, I think I read you would forgive someone for doing something immoral but not if it was illegal? What? lol.
I'd be more inclined to forgive someone doing something illegal but not immoral (cheating on taxes, for example). Screw The Man, lol. You see in the US just how excellent the government is at stewarding tax payers money.
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
--Cyteen by C.J.Cherryh