I'm starting to wonder if this is a just a problem with the writing skills of the people involved. Maybe this guy simply does not know what an apology looks like or who to go about writing an effective one. Reading this blog post, it seems like the bones are there and he stops just short of actually apologizing.
That's an earnest apology, not a naive one. Even those who feel they did something wrong, desperately want others to understand their side. I think the problems comes from people mixing in the explanation for why they did what they did with the apology.
I think it takes some sophistication to realize that if you explain yourself, there must also be an unequivocal apology separate from that explanation. See Richard Clark's "I failed you" testimony.
Even those who feel they did something wrong, desperately want others to understand their side. I think the problems comes from people mixing in the explanation for why they did what they did with the apology.
Good point. I hope it's earnest and I'm inclined to take it at face value. That being said, going out of his way to minimize all the outrage at him misrepresenting thousands of man-hours of work as his own will probably cause his apology to fail for many.
