Misapplying the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant to Avoid Paying Debts and Facing Justice

I remembered an experience among people that they tend to misuse the parable of the unforgiving servant in order to avoid paying their debts.  In my experience after I ran after somebody who owed me a large sum of money, he used the parable of the unforgiving servant to justify himself that he will not pay it.  In fact, it was obvious estafa or running away with debt without the intention to pay which really is inexcusable compared to a person asking for an installment plan because they are having financial trouble.  What they do not realize is the real meaning of the parable of the unforgiving servant is more of a parable of divine forgiveness than financial problems.  As said, in Matthew 18:21-35 we are more faced with the illustration of man's sinfulness and his inability to pay the debt to God and how Christians should give more time but I don't see anything wrong with locking up a person for absconding debt while showing mercy for a person who cannot pay, then again I believe that nobody should be loaned beyond what they can pay to protect both parties.  Let's face it, what most people fail to see is that the king later locked up the unforgiving servant until he could pay the debt for not showing mercy to the other servant who owed less.  Obviously, the king's pardon was a special pardon.

To forgive according to the dictionary is, "to give up resentment of or claim or requital for, to grant relief from payment, or to cease or feel resentment against an offender."  That is, while justice is not negated, the person chooses to do justice without ill feelings but rather out of duty.  However in forgiving, it does not mean that one foregoes justice in the long run or makes friends with the scumbag if that person chooses to remain unsaved.  Like a teacher has to punish a student for cheating but has to forgive the student in the sense that while justice is being done, he or she does not hold a grudge for that offense, moves on and only punishes the student if the person does another offense.  Also, it does not mean I forgive certain people for wronging me, that I would befriend them if they happen to be bad company like Pharisees, swindlers, extortioners, adulterers, etc. because bad company corrupts good moral characters.  Sad to say, more people are actually twisting around the concepts of justice (for people who refuse to forgive) and forgiveness (for people who want to commit wrong without punishment).