On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > But all he had to do to with this "potential problem," from a PR > perspective, is restate that it was a joke, therefore, not a problem.
Then he is keeping the matter going by claiming he was misunderstood. The only way to make it go away is apologize. > If Alec Baldwin is waiting for people to stop taking shots at him, I > think he's got a long wait in store for him. Every person entering public life is going to have shots taken at him or her. Some shots will be justified; others won't. The cliched adages apply: if you're in a hole, stop digging. It doesn't matter who started the fight. > > As a middle school teacher, I constantly reprimand my students for > insincere apologies. I would rather someone show me respect by being > honest with his or her feelings (even negative feelings) then go > through some sort of charade (yes, I'm also the sort of teacher who > comes down hard on a kid who rats another kid out). Apologize when you > mean it, or all your apologies are sullied. If Baldwin had insulted a specific person, I would agree with you. He would have to apologize to that person and it would be up to that person to judge the sincerity of the apology and decide whether or not to accept it. And making that personal apology by way of a public forum would be totally unacceptable. But the public apology Baldwin made is part of public ritual and sincerity is not as important. It's more akin to being asked, "How are you doing?" and responding with the public ritual of, "I'm doing well" rather than taking the questioner at his word and giving a long description of everything that is going on. Tom W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
