Posted on 02/23/2010 6:26:01 PM PST by jazusamo
Tiger Woods doesn't owe me an apology. Nothing that he has ever done has cost me a dime nor an hour of sleep.
This is not a plea to be "non-judgmental." I am very judgmental about all sorts of things, including Tiger Woods' bad behavior. But that is very different from saying that he somehow owes me an apology.
For all I know, my neighbors may be judgmental when I drive out of my driveway in a 15-year-old car. But they have never said anything to me about it, and I have never offered them an apology. This is not equating driving a 15-year-old car with what Tiger Woods did. But the point is that any apology he might make should be made to his family, who were hurt, not to the public, who might be disappointed in him, but not really hurt.
Public apologies to people who are not owed any apology have become one of the many signs of the mushy thinking of our times. So are apologies for things that somebody else did.
Among the most absurd apologies have been apologies for slavery by politicians. For one thing, slavery is not something you can apologize for, any more than you can apologize for murder.
If someone says to you that he murdered someone near and dear to you, what are you supposed to say? "No problem, we all make mistakes"? Not bloody likely!
Slavery is too serious for an apology and somebody else being a slaveowner is not something for you to apologize for. When somebody who has never owned a slave apologizes for slavery to somebody who has never been a slave, then what began as mushy thinking has degenerated into theatrical absurdity— or, worse yet, politics.
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This is why I read Mr. Sowell’s books.
Right on!
I am sick to death of this “age of apologies.”
“Back in the 1960s, when so many foolish ideas flourished simply because they were new, a New York Times columnist tried to make the case that we were all somehow responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy.”
Excellent illustration of the stupidity of liberals.
We disagree, some say. Liberals are actually very intelligent. They go to Harvard, and they go to Yale!
I say they’re stupid.
Dr. Sowell does cut to the chase, doesn’t he? I know he;s up in years, but we need him for as long as humanly possible!
That is one fine essay. I’d like to frame it. Many thanks.
The other morning when Woods apologized on TV the wife looked at me and said, what in the devil is he doing apologizing on TV, he needs to apologize to his wife.
She and Dr. Sowell are exactly right and I’m going to tell her so. :-)
“I am very judgmental about all sorts of things, including Tiger Woods’ bad behavior.”
You and Tom Watson. Don’t get him started on Tiger’s BS on the course...he’s his #1 critic and has been for a long time. Watson IS the essence of the “Gentleman Golfer” as was his Dad.
Common sense - something that can’t be taught.
A great read. Thanks.
No one can say it better than that.
The lack of personal responsibility in the “60’s generation” has lead to the financial meltdown today. ME ME ME
....he needs to get back to work.
The PGA needs him working in order to survive in the manner in which they are accustomed. The help, the caddies, the grounds keepers, and all other supportive PGA workers need Tiger to get his butt back on the course.
Instead Tiger is knuckling under to the press and other outsiders who have no business in his business.
Tiger....if by some miracle you read this....
...man up...tell people to f---- off...and get your ass back to work.
“The lack of personal responsibility in the “60’s generation” has lead to the financial meltdown today. ME ME ME”
Hahahahaha...”if it feels good, do it” sure left us in the bread lines, eh?
Tom is the master of the human condition, and the root causes of its failures.
LOL. On that same morning, my husband looked up from his book, reached for the remote and “click.” He said, “WHAT THE #@#*(*&^%$#@%*&^%%#&*&^%$#@$^&(**^%$$@ “
You know, of the "I'm sorry you're upset" variety.
“Tiger Woods doesn’t owe me an apology.”
Thank God it’s over. Having to sit in front of the TV week after nauseating week, watching in disbelief as Tiger Woods is dragged out again and again to grovel before some crowd of stupid reporters, somebody has finally said it. Thank you Professor Sowell! Now I can stop throwing up all over my TV dinner.
Me too.
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