Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前TIL that Canada has an Apology Act which states that saying "sorry" is not an admission of guilt.www.canadianlawyermag.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1617arrow-down14
arrow-up1613arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Canada has an Apology Act which states that saying "sorry" is not an admission of guilt.www.canadianlawyermag.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前message-square61fedilink
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·4 个月前Because someone else’s misfortune is inherently not my responsibility. I can easily express sympathy in another way.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 个月前Ohhhh, so you don’t know what the word means, then.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 个月前Why do you reject that sorry can be used to express sympathy without assuming responsibility?
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 个月前I was always raised to never say sorry after a car accident or in any scenario where police could be involved. I guess it’s just an extension of that being drilled into my head when I was young!
Why?
Sorry
Because someone else’s misfortune is inherently not my responsibility. I can easily express sympathy in another way.
Ohhhh, so you don’t know what the word means, then.
Your username is apt!
Why do you reject that sorry can be used to express sympathy without assuming responsibility?
I was always raised to never say sorry after a car accident or in any scenario where police could be involved. I guess it’s just an extension of that being drilled into my head when I was young!