Comments on: An apology for Tuskegee https://sorrywatch.com/an-apology-for-tuskegee/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Sun, 09 Aug 2020 03:35:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anita https://sorrywatch.com/an-apology-for-tuskegee/#comment-7814 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:17:47 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1234#comment-7814 Pure evil. I’m not sure our government is any more ethical today… Great apology, though.

]]> By: tanita https://sorrywatch.com/an-apology-for-tuskegee/#comment-7806 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:12:14 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1234#comment-7806 *shudder*
“Come and bring ALL your family. Come right in,” said the spider.

I rather doubt that anyone can apologize on behalf of the American people… as the representative of the government, you can apologize for the government and say “under my watch, this crappola won’t happen,” but I an apology dilutes if you try to stretch it too far.

]]> By: David Turoff https://sorrywatch.com/an-apology-for-tuskegee/#comment-7802 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:49:58 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=1234#comment-7802 “It is against everything our country stands for and what we must stand against is what it was.”

Um, yeah, but unfortunately, it wasn’t actually “against everything our country stands for”, but rather was right in concert with a lot of what our country stands for and has done, and continues to do.

Treating it as an isolated incident (which it was not), devoid of relevant context, begs the larger question of what the country *does* “stand for”, and that has very often not been something of which to be proud (e.g., a similar study done in Guatemala).

Like it or not, the bioethics of this nation in general leave a lot to be desired.

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