https://sorrywatch.com/from-the-bottom-of-my-heart-with-the-last-paint-in-the-can/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://sorrywatch.com/from-the-bottom-of-my-heart-with-the-last-paint-in-the-can/#comment-214833 Wed, 02 May 2018 18:21:08 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5694#comment-214833 One suspects that the default assumption that “kids” are behind such vandalism is the hope – probably futile – that those over the age of majority are more likely to be able to restrain their baser impulses. Then again, we live in a country where children who survive mass shootings are considered legitimate targets of smear campaigns, so there’s that.

]]> https://sorrywatch.com/from-the-bottom-of-my-heart-with-the-last-paint-in-the-can/#comment-214832 Tue, 01 May 2018 19:48:50 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5694#comment-214832 I agree: we can stop blaming kids.
We can instead encourage journalists and news anchors to popularize the use of the phrase “completely puerile nincompoops.” Because SERIOUSLY? Going back to spray paint, “SORRY?” What…?

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