but ... don't you think that saying "I did something wrong" in a national forum amounts to an apology? If you think about it?
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:49:58 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're right, there is a difference, absolutely. > > But why give Kerry a free pass? Saying "well, his mistake was different" is > a deflecting argument. > > This is what bugs me about partisanship. The inability admit faults or > mistakes, even when they are blatanlty obvious to independents. I mean, if > Kerry committed atrocities, "i was just following orders" doesn't make it > right. Apologizing for them later doesn't make things all better. > > On the flip side, Bush apologizing for his foreign policy in Iraq (which he > obviously won't do) doesn't make it any better either. I intend to hold him > to his mistakes...apology or not. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:40 PM > Subject: Re: Kerry's Testimony > > > Uh, that's why he was protesting. Because it was a horrible thing that > > he and others were ordered to do. > > > > Big difference between a soldier following orders and recognizing they > > were wrong and a president giving giving war orders and not > > recognizing when he was wrong. > > > > -Kevin > > > > > <snip> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:131729 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
