"apology" -- stretched again

Paul Frank paulfrank at POST.HARVARD.EDU
Thu Oct 14 09:06:42 UTC 2010


Wikipedia has a useful article on "non-apology apologies":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-apology_apology

I never cease to marvel at the Wikipedia and wish that Borges were
still with us. Where was the Wikipedia when I was an undergrad (or a
grad student, for that matter)?

Paul

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