December 11, 2002
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:How to Say You're Sorry
John DiIulio Jr. on apologizing:
My dad died in my arms in August after a three-year battle with illness. I thought mainly of him on Monday. He always taught me that when you apologize to people, you apologize "with no half-smile, with all your heart, and on your knees, or not at all."Calling Mr. Lott... Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at December 11, 2002 06:18 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksIn other words, whether completely culpable or not, and whether there are complicated mitigating if not exonerating motivations and circumstances or not, you do not express honest, heartfelt remorse for wrong by quibbling over how the wronged person or persons characterize it. In this case, my cultural-paternal conditioning, plus my Catholic self-examination of conscience, accounts for my repeat of Mr. Fleisher's words.
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My dad,who also died recently, said "don't ruin a good apology with an explanation".
Posted by: Larry Thompson on December 12, 2002 02:45 PMComments are Closed.