Lies... Lies... And more Lies...
The desperate measures of a man begin with an apology...
It is like saying "I Love You", or "Bless You" or even "Sorry"...
Ones first response is to ignite a "catch phrase" searching for social acceptance, and positive acknowledgement...
an acknowledgement of a friendly person... that is acceptable...
an acknowledgement of a job well done... that is acceptable...
but an acknowledgement for a "I am sorry"... that is a plea... a plea for forgiveness... but should we forgive someone for acting out, just because they apologize...? What if we forgave the terrorist, if they would simply apologize...? No... we would expect to visually see the changes they made, but we would still never forgive them...
bad terrorist... take him out back and shoot him... oh, wait.. what is that... he is demonstrating his genuine forgiveness with action... well why didn't you say so...