Just apologize, dude. For REALZ.

[judecorp]

Okay, this is annoying. It's a total pet peeve of mine. Or really, more than a pet peeve. It's something that I get really REALLY angry about.

Pope sorry for reaction to his remarks.

I don't care if you are the Pope or whoever, you do NOT apologize for someone else's reaction. You apologize for your mistake, or your action, or your decision, or YOUR anything. "Apologizing" for someone's reaction or feelings is not apologizing at all!

I would feel a lot better if the article said, "Pope sorry for words spoken during oration," or something like that. Instead we get:

"At this time I wish also to add that I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address at the University of Regensburg, which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims," the pope said Sunday.

Few things irritate me more than when someone "apologizes" to me saying, "I'm sorry you're hurt/sad/upset." I tend to snap back, "Please don't apologize for me." I just can't stand it.

Way to victim blame, Pope.

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[colorbars.livejournal.com]

The Pope and the Catholic Church are still trying to pretend that they're living in 13th or 14th century. They're woefully out of touch with the modern world.

There was a study on the breakdown of religious affiliations done about 5 years ago. It's at http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/beliefnet_poll_010718.html if anyone's interested.

I'm just sayin...

[thinksnow.livejournal.com]

One could reply to this "the Catholic Church [is] still trying to pretend that they're living in 13th or 14th century" with a comment on what century the Radical Muslims are still living in.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

See, one of the things I love about the Catholic Church is the tradition of the ceremony. I agree that sometimes it needs to move forward with the times on a philosophical level, but there is something very comforting about something SO old that is SO unchanged. Even if I don't agree with it.