Lip Service

The hypocrisy of pretending to be sorry for something you don't really care about.

By Stanley Collymore

 

A genuine apology for an injustice which one has

caused and whose disastrous consequences for

the person wronged the wrongdoer fully

understands and seriously wants to

make full amends for is a highly commendable

thing, but apologizing merely for lip service

with no real intention of actually accepting

the harm that one has done and because

the wronged person isn’t of the same

mindset as the perpetrator and

therefore such behaviour is totally

alien to that person’s character is

no apology worth its salt, and

should not only be roundly

dismissed by the victim

involved but also under

no circumstance

at all ever be

accepted.

 

© Stanley V. Collymore

6 January 2011.