Comments on: Post-Game: Mea Culpa http://www.radioopensource.org/post-game-mea-culpa/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nother http://www.radioopensource.org/post-game-mea-culpa/#comment-78845 nother Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:15:42 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/post-game-mea-culpa/#comment-78845 As great as the Lincoln apology was, wouldn't "the apology supreme" have had to come from the South? It's easier to apologize when your the winner. A perfect apology would come from the doer of grief, no? As great as the Lincoln apology was, wouldn’t “the apology supreme” have had to come from the South? It’s easier to apologize when your the winner. A perfect apology would come from the doer of grief, no?

]]> By: CarlosR http://www.radioopensource.org/post-game-mea-culpa/#comment-78844 CarlosR Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:45:25 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/post-game-mea-culpa/#comment-78844 Great show--Thank you! I'm no expert, but on the topic of Committees for Truth and Reconciliation, I understand that these spring from a system of jurisprudence which is itself conciliatory, rather than adversarial, as is ours. Of course, that begs the question, does our cultural approach to resolving differences force us to agonize, to some extent, over apologies? Think of surgeons who can't apologize for their mistakes because of the risk of malpractice suits... Great show–Thank you!

I’m no expert, but on the topic of Committees for Truth and Reconciliation, I understand that these spring from a system of jurisprudence which is itself conciliatory, rather than adversarial, as is ours. Of course, that begs the question, does our cultural approach to resolving differences force us to agonize, to some extent, over apologies? Think of surgeons who can’t apologize for their mistakes because of the risk of malpractice suits…

]]> By: Old Nick http://www.radioopensource.org/post-game-mea-culpa/#comment-78843 Old Nick Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:16:14 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/post-game-mea-culpa/#comment-78843 Like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cookies_bouquet.jpg Or more artsy, like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bouquet_%28Jan_Brueghel_the_Elder%29.jpeg Like this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cookies_bouquet.jpg

Or more artsy, like this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bouquet_%28Jan_Brueghel_the_Elder%29.jpeg

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