Tom,
Please re-read the statement.
The board:
a) acknowledges mistakes have been made
b) acknowledges that those mistakes have had a damaging impact
c) identified a process (the review) which will not only look closely at
what went on, but will produce clear recommendations which will help us
On Sunday, 14 October 2012 at 09:47, fab...@unpopular.org.uk wrote:
Tom,
Please re-read the statement.
The board:
a) acknowledges mistakes have been made
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistakes_were_made
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-apology_apology
Just sayin'. ;-)
--
Tom Morris
When I was a child and got in trouble I would go up to my mum and say I'm
soyy. She would invariably respond and what are you sorry for?
If I didn't have a good answer, the apology would have no effect.
I don't think my upbringing was unusual in that respect.
On Oct 14, 2012 9:48 AM,
Heed Fabian's words, please, Tom. It would be paradoxical at best to
say we think mistakes have been made, and we're having an independent
review to look at what went wrong, and _here's_ _specifically_ _what_
_went_ _wrong_.
With a bit of imagination and stretchy analogies, it's possible to put
a
If they don't know what they've done wrong, what are they apologising for?
On Oct 14, 2012 12:11 PM, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.com wrote:
Heed Fabian's words, please, Tom. It would be paradoxical at best to
say we think mistakes have been made, and we're having an independent
review to
On 14 October 2012 12:12, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
If they don't know what they've done wrong, what are they apologising for?
There is, of course, an inquiry underway on that precise question.
I think you would be complaining had they said anything or nothing.
- d.
Then they should wait for the review before apologising. Or they could just
apologise for those things they already know they did wrong. An apology
that doesn't say what you are apologising for is meaningless, so why say it?
On Oct 14, 2012 12:15 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 14
There is, of course, an inquiry underway on that precise question.
So everything is sub judice?
Gordo
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