Posted by Dinah on January 25, 2005, at 19:45:43
In reply to Re: The Three R's of Apology: A Musing » Dinah, posted by Atticus on January 25, 2005, at 19:03:30
My post wasn't intended as a dig, subtle or otherwise, to Dr. Bob. I'm not feeling particularly out of charity with him.
While certainly a heartfelt apology from Dr. Bob would soothe many a savage breast, a heartfelt poster to poster apology also would often avert many an admin flareup.
I emphasized the inadvertant nature of offenses for a reason. I think sometimes those are really hard to apologize for, but I figure it doesn't actually hurt to apologize for inadvertantly causing pain.
And no, that wasn't directed at anyone in particular at all. In general, I'm pretty impressed with the lack of defensiveness in Babbledom.
I just think I recently saw a post about a circular hurt chain, and somehow connected it to what I had been talking about with my son. The mysterious workings of my own brain are probably something best left unexamined.
Of course, I didn't mean for Dr. Bob to ignore the post either. ;)
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