> Large public apologies are performance art. But this is the use, and so it isn't useless. Not everyone who compels a public apology actually cares whether th

> Large public apologies are performance art. But this is the use, and so it isn't useless. Not everyone who compels a public apology actually cares whether the accused feels genuine remorse. They want to enforce a cultural standard because they think that cultural standard is a good thing.