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| author |  Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu> | 2014-02-14 12:29:39 -0500 |
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| committer | Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu> | 2014-02-14 12:29:39 -0500 |
| commit | fc004553b0245d850fbe4d77162086dd025e65a2 (patch) | |
| tree | e272d2b541262fa2e2c827edfb9bc81acd8dbb2d | |
| parent | 6cd2e8286f7c9a27ce174d52c9867b3d26821cba (diff) | |
Wordsmith apology paragraph
Add suggestion from dwilson to change wording to "...qualify your
apology" to clarify that it's not the literal phrasing that's important,
but rather avoiding "#sorry #notsorry"
| -rw-r--r-- | code-of-conduct.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/code-of-conduct.txt b/code-of-conduct.txt index 60621be..2c915a8 100644 --- a/code-of-conduct.txt +++ b/code-of-conduct.txt @@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ member of the EC to discuss the incident further. The most sincere apologies consist of "I'm sorry" -An apology should be a sincere expression of sadness for the sadness -of others. If you violate one of the principles in this document, but -follow your apology with "...that", "...if", "..but", you're implying -that the other person shares some of the blame for the incident. -Since they're the one who's upset, that's not true. You may not have -intended to make them feel bad, but you did, and saying "I'm sorry" -shows that you regret that they feel bad (which, hopefully, you do.) +An apology should be a sincere expression of sadness for the sadness of +others. If you violate one of the principles in this document, but then +qualify your apology with "...that", "...if", "..but", you're implying +that the other person shares some of the blame for the incident. Since +they're the one who's upset, that's not true. You may not have intended +to make them feel bad, but you did, and saying "I'm sorry" shows that +you regret that they feel bad (which, hopefully, you do.) Sometimes, people are tempted to say "I'm sorry, but" (etc.) because they don't want to concede their point in a discussion. But this sort |