<div>it would be an interesting study:</div><div>the anthropological cultural psychological apologetics of a culture of apologies.</div><div><br></div><div>what is the root of : "i'm sorry" , " forgive me" </div>
<div>are there any indigenous cultures who use similar words.</div><div>Wyandot have a word that is translated as "I'm sorry" <b>a'yetate'</b></div><div>but honestly i don't really know what that means...</div>
<div>rzs</div><div><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikinakn@shaw.ca">mikinakn@shaw.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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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><b>From:</b> <a title="hardman@UFL.EDU" href="mailto:hardman@UFL.EDU" target="_blank">Dr. MJ Hardman</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 25, 2011 2:27 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: Native peoples ask Jesuits to help preserve language
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Well said.
Some of us study the ‘apologies that aren’t apologies.’ MJ<br><br></div><div class="im">On
5/25/11 2:10 PM, "Richard Zane Smith" <<a>wlmailhtml:rzs@WILDBLUE.NET</a>>
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<blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:14pt"><div class="im">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></div><div class="im">On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:51 AM,
Phillip E Cash Cash <<a>wlmailhtml:cashcash@email.arizona.edu</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" target="_blank">http://ncronline.org/news/native-peoples-ask-jesuits-help-preserve-language</a><br>
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Linguistics<br>University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida<br>Doctora Honoris
Causa UNMSM, Lima, Perú <br>website: <a href="http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/" target="_blank">http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/</a>
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