What happened to Ted Sandyman ?

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Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin

Just thought of something. It would be typical of hobbits
to have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, sort of
like in South Africa, to reconcile everyone as peacefully as possible,
given that it wasn't just Sandyman who "collaborated."

Don't know.

I think the Hobbits were too old fashioned and not sufficioently PC for that type of thing.

If somebody had done something evil, they were punished for it (after a Hobbit manner). If they had just quietly collaborated then it was theirs to hang their heads in shame. A lot of this aplologising in public that goes on these days isn't really genuine and I don't think Tolkien went for it. Forgiveness is a private thing that has to happen directly between those concerned and until recently it wasn't really considered right to go on about it in public.