Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoTIL that Canada has an Apology Act which states that saying "sorry" is not an admission of guilt.www.canadianlawyermag.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1693arrow-down16
arrow-up1687arrow-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 · 21 days agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·20 days agoBecause someone else’s misfortune is inherently not my responsibility. I can easily express sympathy in another way.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 days agoOhhhh, so you don’t know what the word means, then.
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·20 days agoYour username is apt!
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·20 days agoWhy do you reject that sorry can be used to express sympathy without assuming responsibility?
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoI 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!
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!