isn't this the truth! lovely.

and don't we all fall into this habit from time to time?

i think this one was already rattling in my head for a while, but while i was watching news coverage and commentary on the Prof Gates arrest and its ensuing analysis, it started to take a more solid form. with people in situations like that being goaded into apologies, as if a forced apology even has meaning, it seemed to me that righting a wrong has inherently more meaning than any amount of apology or idle regret.