In a 2004 talk at the European Gradate School, Derrida again discusses “forgiveness” – for him “pure forgiveness” can only be given by a “singular, irreplaceable person” to another singularity (it cannot emanate from a government) and involves two possibilities: forgiving the person who wronged another or forgiving that person’s wrongful acts … pure forgiveness concerns our ability to forgive the other even when that individual has not repented, asked for forgiveness or acknowledged responsibility – Derrida calls this type of forgiveness “impossible” – but, the only forgiveness “worthy of the name” … customary (or conditional) forgiving, involving exchange – that the other, for example, acknowledges wrongdoing – is not true forgiveness … for Derrida, we must “forgive the unforgivable” – we have to allow the (that) “other” in me, not my usual self governed by reciprocity, to actually bestow proper forgiveness …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuL6HlLSzyc