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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[laserkitty.livejournal.com]

Ha, I just read about this in the paper and was discussing it with Eric. Yeah - don't give a patronizing apology.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm not even thinking about who's "right" or who's "wrong" in this whole mess. I just think that if you're going to apologize, you apologize for something YOU did. And if you honestly feel like you have nothing to apologize for, then don't. And if you didn't mean it, heck, say that. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, but I'm sorry I did."