"apology" -- stretched again

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/18/2010 04:05 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>Weasology is a great term but it only applies to some of the
>non-apologies. It does not cover the stern, "If anyone was offended, I
>am sorry." This is not weasel words at all--it's shifting the blame on
>the thin-skinned "victims".

If someone says, "I regret that I may have offended anyone," that
presumably is not a non-apology?  Although it apologizes only for the
manner of expression, not for the meaning of the words.

Joel

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