Feb
9
2007

Apologies

With respect to the recent kerfuffle over candidate John Edwards hiring/firing/hiring Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan for his campaign staff: Jim Geraghty makes a couple of good points. First, they'll be able to hold "Catholics for Edwards" meetings in the church furnace room. Second is a more general point about honest apologies:

Sigh. Why? Why can no one say, "I'm sorry I offended you," instead of "I'm sorry you were offended"? The former says, "I did something wrong." The latter says, "I'm sorry you're too sensitive." Why, why, why?

Indeed. Either you're:

  • Sorry for what you did;

  • Not sorry for what you did.

There's no middle ground there. Pick one.

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