Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
apology [əˈpɒlədʒɪ]
n pl -gies
1. a verbal or written expression of regret or contrition for a fault or failing
2. a poor substitute or offering
3. another word for apologia
A US man, ex-Marine, who had already served 15 years in prison for rape, was sentenced to die for murdering 11 women and burying their bodies in a shallow grave in his backyard. Thios crime was so horrendous it even made the first section of the BBC Internet news. "Sowell did not address the court on Friday, but on Monday he said in an unsworn statement: "The only thing I want to say is I'm sorry.""
Many people demand apologies. Usually, as certainly in this case, no apology will bring back the women whom he killed. Apologies do not undo actions or pain caused. Rarely, only when sincerely given do they create a new understanding of the action which may create a new response in the receiver.
When forced, apologies are totally useless as they cannot be given honestly or without either humiliation or truth. Children are often forced and do not even understand the principle of a real apology. To illustrate just one aspect of how ludicrous the understanding of the function of an apology is, there is a site for anonymous apologies.
Is someone now trying to make money for canned apologies or turn out apologies to fit all who need to make one?
[from Old French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Greek: a verbal defence, from apo- + logos speech]
A US man, ex-Marine, who had already served 15 years in prison for rape, was sentenced to die for murdering 11 women and burying their bodies in a shallow grave in his backyard. Thios crime was so horrendous it even made the first section of the BBC Internet news. "Sowell did not address the court on Friday, but on Monday he said in an unsworn statement: "The only thing I want to say is I'm sorry.""
Many people demand apologies. Usually, as certainly in this case, no apology will bring back the women whom he killed. Apologies do not undo actions or pain caused. Rarely, only when sincerely given do they create a new understanding of the action which may create a new response in the receiver.
When forced, apologies are totally useless as they cannot be given honestly or without either humiliation or truth. Children are often forced and do not even understand the principle of a real apology. To illustrate just one aspect of how ludicrous the understanding of the function of an apology is, there is a site for anonymous apologies.
Is someone now trying to make money for canned apologies or turn out apologies to fit all who need to make one?
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