tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post8663338995354474050..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Apology from the Dick in the Film.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-18912747990436422392011-09-15T04:05:36.175+01:002011-09-15T04:05:36.175+01:00Maybe not many will see his apology now but it'...Maybe not many will see his apology now but it's there forever. If he screws up again, a quick hyperlink is all it will take.<br /><br />As John says, that one moment of foolishness isn't going to go away.<br /><br />So I, for one, will drop it. But then, I'm not an EDL member and I wasn't the one attacked. They might not be so easily mollified.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-1107486731002337352011-09-15T00:34:56.093+01:002011-09-15T00:34:56.093+01:00I've only vaguely followed the story but I thi...I've only vaguely followed the story but I think your read on the situation is the right one LI.<br /><br />My own thoughts are that the person concerned is perhaps only apologising owing the heat he's beginning to feel. However, we're not vigilantes and to pursue the matter further only invites trouble for those holding the noose rather than the one with his head in it.<br /><br />A moment of foolishness caught on video will haunt this individual much longer than the hand-wringing here and elsewhere. Its time to move on.John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-27059130536249151512011-09-14T13:04:06.566+01:002011-09-14T13:04:06.566+01:00Where else, other than the relatively tiny audienc...Where else, other than the relatively tiny audience of a small part of the blogoshpere, has his actions, let alone his apology, been aired?<br />The apology was, I contend, made because he knows that very few people will get to see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-17115810432721887932011-09-14T12:48:27.520+01:002011-09-14T12:48:27.520+01:00Did he not go home and post that vid on youtube ? ...Did he not go home and post that vid on youtube ? Doesn't sound like a moment of thoughtlesness.winstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-45205821506598109442011-09-14T08:28:00.228+01:002011-09-14T08:28:00.228+01:00I'm inclined to concur with you on this. For w...I'm inclined to concur with you on this. For whatever reason,he has voluntarily made a very public (Max's site gets a lot of hits) apology and admission of guilt, which requires a degree of courage.<br /><br />As you say, if he has a relapse then there will be no mercy, no forgiveness. This time though, the matter is now in the past.nisakimannoreply@blogger.com