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<DIV>I simply respond to people who ‘apologize’ to me or say, ‘I’m sorry....’
‘Please don’t apologize to me or tell me you are sorry...just don’t do it again
and/or fix it.’ Apologies, to me, are simply a license to repeat inappropriate
action and I will not allow myself to be victimized by an apology. I see people
repeatedly victimized by their willingness to ‘forgive’ perpetrators. </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=hardman@UFL.EDU
href="mailto:hardman@UFL.EDU">Dr. MJ Hardman</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 25, 2011 2:27 PM</DIV>
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face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Well said.
Some of us study the ‘apologies that aren’t apologies.’ MJ<BR><BR>On
5/25/11 2:10 PM, "Richard Zane Smith" <<A
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">on a similar note:<BR>Public apologies are big media
events and becoming "the in thing"<BR>Apologies ought to accompany a
commitment to undo damage that's confessed to,<BR>not simply a time for the
abuser to get a hug and made to "feel better".<BR><BR>as much as apologies are
nice...many tack on disclaimers in fine print at the end<BR>to make sure no
one can legally hold them accountable to their admissions.<BR><BR>a public
apology puts Indigenous people ON THE SPOT.<BR><BR>To <B>refuse</B> to accept
a public apology makes indigenous people look "unforgiving" and mean,<BR>and
the "apologizers" as the ones turned away for seeking to right a
wrong.<BR>but<BR>to <B>accept </B>apology gives the abuser documentation of "a
public forgiveness" <BR>a freedom from guilt, a sigh of relief that they may
be now free from prosecution.<BR><BR>Either way,an apology without committment
to work to heal or undo damage,<BR>is merely an emotional "feel good event"
for the party with dirty hands.<BR><BR><BR>ske:noh,<BR>Richard Zane
Smith<BR>Wyandotte Oklahoma<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:51 AM,
Phillip E Cash Cash <<A
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Native peoples ask Jesuits to help preserve
language<BR><BR>May. 23, 2011<BR>By Michael Swan, Catholic News
Service<BR>CA<BR><BR>TORONTO -- As Canada's Jesuits remembered their first
steps on North<BR>American soil and the welcome they received from Mi'kmaq
people 400<BR>years ago, the Mi'kmaq asked for a favor.<BR><BR>"Maybe it's
time for the Mi'kmaq to ask for your help in preserving<BR>our language,"
Grand Keptin Antle Denny told three dozen Canadian<BR>Jesuits and about 100
guests who had gathered to mark the 1611 landing<BR>of two Jesuits at Port
Royal in what is now Nova Scotia.<BR><BR>Access full article below:<BR><A
href="http://ncronline.org/news/native-peoples-ask-jesuits-help-preserve-language">http://ncronline.org/news/native-peoples-ask-jesuits-help-preserve-language</A><BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><BR>Dr. MJ
Hardman<BR>Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology<BR>Department of
Linguistics<BR>University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida<BR>Doctora Honoris
Causa UNMSM, Lima, Perú <BR>website: <A
href="http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/">http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/</A>
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