Seth Godin asks:
Is “I accept responsibility” the new “Your call is very important to us”?
It’s a phrase getting lots of play in DC right now, as Dick Cheney and Michael Chertoff theatrically “accept responsibility” for misdeeds that were, in fact, clearly their fault but for which, also clearly, they expect no punishment.
I will point out that Google News Search turns up 240 results for “accepts responsibility”, a very popular moral stance among convicted felons…
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