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		By: smc		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[And if I really, truly, have NOTHING to BE sorry for, what do I say to Brody in the note that the tyrannical Miss P forced me to write? What do I write then?

At that point this becomes a pretty good note. 

I am sorry that I don&#039;t feel sorry.
Perhaps I have done nothing wrong to feel sorry about. (It was someone else who poured library paste onto Brody&#039;s cornflakes.) Perhaps I am in total denial about personal responsibility for the effects of my actions. (I think the library paste just tipped over. It couldn&#039;t have been MY elbow!) Perhaps I am a sociopath. (Library paste in cornflakes, so what? Others I can feel sorry, but I am incapable of that emotion. Poor me.) Perhaps I think library paste is GREAT on cornflakes, and Brody is a sissy for not trying my Gourmet Delite. Or maybe, Kenny held me at coodie-point, and it was pure self defense, I had to put the library paste in the corn flakes. What else could I have done?

I have made an effort to find remorse in the situation, but cannot find any. 

Then why the heck send a note at all?
Because Miss P made me write it.

It is probably a lousy apology, but it may be the best one possible in the circumstances.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And if I really, truly, have NOTHING to BE sorry for, what do I say to Brody in the note that the tyrannical Miss P forced me to write? What do I write then?</p>
<p>At that point this becomes a pretty good note. </p>
<p>I am sorry that I don&#8217;t feel sorry.<br />
Perhaps I have done nothing wrong to feel sorry about. (It was someone else who poured library paste onto Brody&#8217;s cornflakes.) Perhaps I am in total denial about personal responsibility for the effects of my actions. (I think the library paste just tipped over. It couldn&#8217;t have been MY elbow!) Perhaps I am a sociopath. (Library paste in cornflakes, so what? Others I can feel sorry, but I am incapable of that emotion. Poor me.) Perhaps I think library paste is GREAT on cornflakes, and Brody is a sissy for not trying my Gourmet Delite. Or maybe, Kenny held me at coodie-point, and it was pure self defense, I had to put the library paste in the corn flakes. What else could I have done?</p>
<p>I have made an effort to find remorse in the situation, but cannot find any. </p>
<p>Then why the heck send a note at all?<br />
Because Miss P made me write it.</p>
<p>It is probably a lousy apology, but it may be the best one possible in the circumstances.</p>
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		By: snarly		</title>
		<link>https://sorrywatch.com/own-that-pro-form-apology/#comment-1313</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oh! And thank you to Ken Yee for directing this to our attention!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh! And thank you to Ken Yee for directing this to our attention!</p>
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		By: David Gans		</title>
		<link>https://sorrywatch.com/own-that-pro-form-apology/#comment-1312</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gans]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think Liam has a bright future in the creative arts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Liam has a bright future in the creative arts.</p>
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		By: sumac		</title>
		<link>https://sorrywatch.com/own-that-pro-form-apology/#comment-1310</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Miss P is not the boss of my feelings!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Miss P is not the boss of my feelings!</p>
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