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| abb | Jun 29 2009, 04:39 AM |
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http://elizabethashford.blogspot.com/2009/06/apologies.html Sunday, June 28, 2009 Apologies One thing I was always taught growing up was that I was responsible for what I said and for my actions. No amount of blaming my siblings, or having a bad day was going to nullify my words. I was taught integrity and saw it modeled daily in my parents lives. On most days, after reading or watching the news, or browsing my favorite gossip magazine, I see again and again that this is evidently considered an old-fashioned value to most of the public. Taking responsibility for what you’ve done seems to be a thing of the past…. Most probably remember the Duke Lacrosse scandal that happened several years ago. While I won’t go into the details of the case, one thing that amazed me was what politicians and news commentators said about the event. One loudmouth famous for standing up for African-American’s “rights” immediately jumped on the bandwagon that the players were racist rapists and went on several talk shows spouting his views of their guilt. Yet, after the facts were brought to light and it was proved that the “victim” was indeed a liar, he suddenly had other important matters to talk about, and never once apologized for acting as if the case was already tried and the players found guilty. Forced apologies don’t count either, such as a late night comedian who devoted his entire show to lambasting a recent Vice Presidential candidate, only to realize that what he said was going to cost him some serious advertising revenue. He then “apologized”, which in reality was more jokes aimed at his target. Only after serious fallout from his show and calls for his firing did he apologize, and then apologize again, but all the while saying that it was more of a technical error and not really his fault. Where did serious apologies go? What a breath of fresh air would it be to have someone apologize for something they did or said, BEFORE they are called out on it? Unfortunately, I haven’t held my life up to the standard to which I was raised. Of course I’ll apologize, but all the while I’m defending myself, attempting to prove that my actions were taken out of context or that I really, really didn’t know that what I was saying at the time was wrong. The two-year-old in me screams, “But I didn’t mean to…” when in reality I did mean to, but was just hoping I wouldn’t be called to task for my actions. |
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| Blog and Media Roundup - Monday, June 29, 2009 · DUKE LACROSSE - Liestoppers | |
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