Apologizing -- Apologies -- There is just something about the use of the word "apologize" that I have a problem with... apologies are made without any thought or regard to what they actually mean... and used, for the most part, only to please others...
When everyone involved knows that an apology is only a pretense in most cases, with no sincerity, actual regret, or change of feelings by the person making the statement... for the most part, an apology is meaningless -- just because it has been so misused.
If a person regrets the entire incident happened, but couldn't or wouldn't change their part in the incident, that is something else entirely... it is not something to "apologize" for, even though they may regret that the incident happened.
Most kids are taught from the time they learn to talk, to say "I'm sorry", when, of course, they are NOT sorry at all, but they say they are, because their parent forces them to. Then it goes on to become an automatic response to keep peace, when someone else is offended by, or doesn't like what they have said or done.
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