After noticing reniaa use that expression to give a "reason" why she was hijacking a thread, I thought about about people who use "I'm sorry, but...".
"But" WHAT, reniaa, et. al.?
It dawned on me (yeah. I'm a little slow at times) that this is much more than just a lame excuse. It is a lie. It is a non-apology apology. In other words, it is not an apology at all. If one has to justify an apology, then one doesn't really mean to offer one. Another way of saying this is, "I'm apologizing but I am still right and you are still wrong!
This no different than when some idiotic public figure gets caught in a massive lie or act of hypocrisy and they say "I apologize that some people took what I said/did wrong." The apology was a nothing more than a mere smoke screen that in fact puts the blame on "some" who took the lie wrong!
I remember being in traffic court many years ago and watched a "hanging judge" deal with idiots trying to slough off their responsibilities for being in that Court in the first place. Several of them, when asked how did they plead said, "Guilty, with an explanation, your Honor." The Judge looked them straight in the eye and bellowed, "Ok. Go ahead and explain your guilt!"
Why can't people give up the notion of trying to look like they are right at all times? No one is capable of doing that. We are all only human. Anyone who pretends differently is not only a fool, but an arrogant dipshit fool.
"I'm sorry and I apologize for that. I won't try to excuse what I did."
"I lied and I'm sorry people were damaged for that. I was selfish for doing so."
"I am a big hypocrite and it's painful to admit it, but I do. I need to improve and will do everything I can to make that happen."
Any decent human knows that such admission are painful to make, but are still the right thing to do and show humility and character.
Since none of those three admissions I just listed have EVER been issued by the Watchtower Printing Corporation in at least the last 80 years or more, we can deduce two things: the WTS is neither humble NOR has the character that common decency asks of mere mortals.
From now on, whenever I hear someone say "I'm sorry but..." I'm going to interrupt and say, "If you want to offer an apology then come back when you are ready to offer one instead of just bullshit pretending to be one."
Farkel
