<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460872" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Public Apology</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Public apologies are the new confessional.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So here goes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for not knowing where to start with my apologies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for being tainted with the sins of Adam.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for blaming Eve for the sins of Adam.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize to the Serpent, who was just following orders.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for the seductiveness of ripe apples on the Tree of Knowledge. I just didn’t know at the time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for not taking Genesis 1 literally.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for not appreciating the allegorical significance of Genesis 1.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for blaming the Jews for crucifying Christ.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for not being quicker to blame the relevant parties for the crucifixion of Christ.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for not giving independence to America sooner.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize to the Native Americans for invading their great God’s-own country.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize to the Native Americans for not stopping them sooner from killing each other’s tribes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for entering into business agreements with the chiefs of certain coastal African tribes to bring their captives from their tribal wars to resolve America’s manpower shortage.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for dwelling on the sufferings of my family in the Holocaust, without considering the mental and emotional agony of those obliged to follow orders to massacre them.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for messing with Iraq.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for not doing a better job of messing with Iraq.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for not being Politically Correct.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for being Politically Correct.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for throwing all these things in your face and encouraging you to feel complicit in my guilt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for not apologizing sooner.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I apologize for all the things I haven’t the imagination and humanity to apologize for.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh to hell with it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460872" data-title="A Public Apology de Michael Shepherd" data-description="Public apologies are the new confessional. So here goes. I apologize for not knowing where to start with my apologies. I apologize for being tainted with the sins of Adam. I apologize for blaming Eve for the sins of Adam. I apologize to the S..."></div> </div> </div>

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