Nora
2012-02-01 10:58:46
Agree, it is so very rare to receive a genuine apology. Apologies/forgiveness have fallen prey to Oprahfication along with so much of what springs from Judeo-Christian morality, and “forgiveness” is now something you do for your_self_ and to showcase your superiority. Apologies are no longer the result of self-examination but are now too often about making a grand gesture, usually public, and always meant to place yourself above the other person. Actually apologies now seem to go something like “I forgive you for being unjustifiably offended by my justifiable bad behavior”. It’s all about the art of the non-apology apology as means of self-promotion. We are definitely morphing into a society of narcissists, more’s the pity.
