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On the list of public apologies, I give him a B+. he could have done better and he is not going to make everyone happy with his effort. It looks written by him
by KGIII 9y ago
On the list of public apologies, I give him a B+. he could have done better and he is not going to make everyone happy with his effort. It looks written by him. It looks sincere. It looks honest.
Yeah, a good apology should be several pages long but this was pretty good and well above some of the others we've seen.
'I am sorry that you felt abused and that your friends encouraged you to humiliate yourself in public...'
So, yeah, it's pretty good compared to some of them.
- dfabulich 9y agoA good apology doesn't have to be "several pages long." A good apology could have been shorter than the bad apology he gave. For example, he could have said this: "I apologize for repeatedly sexually assaulting women at conferences, including Quinn Norton. Over the years, I've done this more times than I can count. What I did was is illegal, and rightfully so, because everyone has the right to be safe, and to decide who is allowed to touch their own body. I'll never sexually harass or assault anyone again. Most of the time I did this, I was drunk or high; I went sober over two years ago. I'm also seeing a therapist to help set me straight." That good apology would have been half the length of the bad apology he actually gave.
- KGIII 9y agoNah, that's still going to leave people angry. He also shouldn't name the victim, that is him asserting control.
- tptacek 9y agoYou're giving him a B+ for an apology that doesn't even state what he did?
- KGIII 9y agoYes, because I'm comparing it with the apologies we usually see.
- tptacek 9y agoThat's a hell of a curve he gets to take advantage of, but also, even Harvey Weinstein did better than this.
- KGIII 9y agoI did t read his, so have graded it yet.
- foo101 9y agoSorry to say this but people like you who do not understand the gravity of the crime or the appropriate way to address it are part of the problem. It is ironical that the same kind of people think they are in any position to grade an apology relevant to this matter.