He did this to demonstrate his justice

At a Sydney Writers' Festival event I attended a few weeks ago, Christopher Hitchens spoke about the gravity of misapplied words. The example he used was "child abuse", which he argued implies that all that is needed is repentence and forgiveness, when what is actually needed is justice for the "rape, torture and molestation of children". Leaving the language question aside, this example told me something about Hitchen's understanding of the relationship between forgiveness and justice. I hope that some day he finds out that in the death of Jesus justice was wholly served, and that it is only because of this that repentence and forgiveness are now available.