At 08:33 AM 1/8/99 -0800, Rich Hagan wrote:
>Mr Bergman,
>
>He already apologized and said it was a mistake and
>that he wouldn't do it again.
>
>Reprimanding someone after a public apology is
>as offensive as the inital remark.

It is to Mr. Morgan's credit that he apologised. But I suspect that Mr
Bergman was unaware of the apology when he replied. And one who is offended
certainly has the right to complain even if there has been an apology;
therefore Mr Hagan was, himself, out of place.

The idea that an apology erases all injury and frees one from all
consequences does not stand as true in most real-world situations; I could
give an example from a matter which has filled the media for the last year.

But I am sure that Mr. Morgan has suffered enough. It does not help one's
professional reputation for the entire world to know that one might use
language incautiously, thinking that the communication is private.



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El Verano, CA 95433

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