He isn’t really asking for forgiveness here so much as just saying he has learned and is trying to be a better person now. That’s actually a much more thoughtful position IMHO than someone who apologizes so they can then play the victim when people say “that’s not enough.”
Given that, I don’t know that we need to extend forgiveness. And I certainly see no obligation to extend forgiveness for the problematic (at best) things that Albini hasn’t addressed.
