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FieryOpal -> RE: A public apology (3/25/2016 5:15:12 AM)
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ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr
I have long had an issue with and spoken out about this kind of behavior. Believing, as I do, that private apologies for public offenses are a cowards way out, you've earned a bit of respect from me, today.
It might not have been a public offense, but be that as it may, an apology is an apology whether done privately or publicly as long as it is intended in the right spirit with contrition. A slight or faux pas isn't as significant as an outright insult. Then there are deliberate slurs and verbal sucker punches which are not redeemable by apology alone, but I'll assume this doesn't apply here.
On the other hand, if an insult is delivered publicly, then I would let that person know that I deserved an equal opportunity to exhibit my graciousness in pardoning the offender in public. [:D]
OP, unless you were so uncouth as to provide unwelcomed nekkid pics of yourself, doing whatever it is that uncouth jerks do in disseminating repugnant sights which can't be unseen (which I feel no need to elaborate upon), I wouldn't sweat it. Nobody's perfect, and we all slip up from time to time.
See how easy that was? I wish more men could swallow their false sense of pride and make the same kind of gentlemanly effort to make amends as you have.
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