What amazes me is how much RESISTANCE there is to it.

What amazes me is how much RESISTANCE there is to it.

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So much hot air spent on WHY SHOULD X HAVE TO APOLOGIZE WHEN…

Way more of that than anything. It’s hysterical.

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Idiotic or standard? Why should anybody have to apologize?
http://political-apologies.wlu.ca/details.php

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It’s almost as if apologies actually DO carry a moral currency value.

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I see it as a moral currency all on its own.

Sometimes “I’m sorry” is meaningless. Sometimes it’s meaningful. It’s a moral currency whose value is negotiated among parties involved.

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Look at the different value levels of “I’m sorry”.

If an intentional crime is committed, say, a rape, and the attacker says “I’m sorry”, what value is that in moral currency compared to hiccuping at the wrong time during a play and saying “Sorry”?

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Know who you’re going into business with.

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Apologizing for war crimes is pretty standard fare in world politics.

I don’t know what the hubbub is about.

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Spain apologizing to Mexico is NOT like apologizing to a vindictive ex-partner.

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That’s your viewpoint and that’s fine. But actions of a corporation vs actions of an individual with limited lifespans can’t be directly compared.

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Nation is akin to a corporation. Also, this apology is between Mexico and Spain and the Pope.

Pope dd his part 3 years ago. Spain has not yet. USA isn’t involved

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Is there a NEVER-APOLOGIZE principle I’m missing here?

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Still called Britain. Same legal entity. Acting in its name.

I’m not who I was 20 years ago or two minutes ago. What’s a cutoff?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England existed from 927 – 1707.

Its legal obligations absorbed into Great Britain after the union with Scotland.

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Trump is a nobody. US Constitution is strong and will easily survive current bullshit. I don’t have to like it though.

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“Are we going to demand apologies from Italy for the atrocities committed by the Roman empire?”

Not from Italy. Roman empire ceased as a legal entity around 5AD, although the Byzantine empire carried it until 29 May 1453.

So, you could have asked for an apology from a long time frame.

If you want it today?

You have to determine who carries the legal burden.

Mehmed has the strongest claim. “He founded a political system that survived until 1922 with the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. ”

So, you missed out again for that apology.

I’d say that the Roman Empire ended in 1922

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