He did not accept my apologies.

So so apologies to Goldie.

Please accept my sincere apologies.

Apologies, Andyvphil, if you're here today.

True atonement requires more than just verbal apologies.

CANBERRA Apologies, or the lack of them, have been back in the news, raising questions again about how useful they are in resolving international problems. The efficacy of timely and sincere apologies in defusing personal tensions cannot be doubted.

Apologies to Hans Rosling he said anything that's not using real stats is a lie but the big delta there is how we deal with this from a public standpoint.

I would also like to convey my apologies, for I had not intended to speak in this debate.

It is also conceivable that genuine apologies may be counterproductive, because they trigger a backlash from local extremists, which may in turn fuel even more flames on the other side. I would, however, resist the conclusion that Japan s apologies have been a net negative in this respect.

There are many situations in which apologies are not necessary, because both sides agree to move on. And non apology apologies for example, I m sorry if you feel I have offended you are often worse than nothing, although they are a familiar diplomatic stock in trade of which I, too, have been guilty of using.

The reporting period was marked by a high profile visit by Serbian President Boris Tadic to Bosnia and Herzegovina, during which he offered his apologies for those who committed crimes in the name of the Serb people during the war.

With all apologies to my friend Matthieu Ricard, a shopping mall full of Zen monks is not going to be particularly profitable because they don't want stuff enough.

Indeed, political motivations are behind claims that Abe does not agree with past official apologies, despite his repeated assurances that he does, as well as suggestions that he is seeking to revise history, even though he has never denied Japan s colonial aggression. Moreover, some have produced portrayals of Japan, as a whole, as an unrepentant country or, worse, as one that is hell bent on remilitarization.

Unlike Europe, where Germany overcame World War II s legacy through its integration into the European Union, Northeast Asia remains burdened by history. According to its neighbors, Japan s apologies for is past aggression are inadequate.

(b) Diversionary programmes under the aegis of the prosecution branch the exercise of discretion by the prosecution can save precious court resources to the benefit of victims, who receive apologies and reparation (where appropriate)

Abe would do even more damage to the region s perception of Japan were he to use his speech to try to mollify right wing supporters. Chinese and Koreans, in particular, will be incensed should he avoid overt apologies for Japan s behavior during World War II or question criticism of its conduct at the time, such as the Imperial Japanese Army s sexual enslavement of Korean comfort women.

But the government took the view that when it comes to intelligence matters, apologies are for wimps. With elections looming in Indonesia, and nationalist sentiment there strong, Australia will be paying the diplomatic price for a long time unless it changes course.

But it is difficult to believe that when a wrong has been done, a sincere apology will not have some restorative impact. In public, as in private life, honest apologies are a powerful tool, and should be used less nervously and more often.

To lose one international lending institution head is misfortune, to lose two looks like carelessness (my apologies to Oscar Wilde). Coming on the tenth year anniversary of the Asian financial crisis, the caldron in which today s ultra liquid capital markets were forged, conspiracy theories abound.

But Sherman s criticism could also be leveled against Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has rarely missed an opportunity to provoke Japan s Korean critics, whether by visiting Tokyo s Yasukuni shrine, where the souls of 14 Class A war criminals are interred, or embracing revisionist critiques of previous official apologies for Japanese aggression.

Beyond strengthening the economy and bolstering its partnership with the US, Japan must address the enduring suspicions of countries that were brutalized by Japan s occupation before and during World War II. Although previous Japanese governments have issued apologies for the country s past behavior, Japan, unlike Germany, has not fully faced its history.

These countries openness to reconciliation have enabled Japan to recast itself as a key arbiter of regional peace and prosperity, not to mention an increasingly dynamic cultural hub. It is time for the rest of the region to follow suit, accepting at face value Japan s sincere apologies and working with the country to build a better future.

Japan has never learned to interact with its Asian neighbors the way that Germany after World War II learned to cooperate with its future European partners, partly because its apologies have appeared formalistic and half hearted, when they have taken place at all. The European Union exists (whatever its current difficulties) because Germany asked for forgiveness.

But Japan could and should have done much more to give real substance to its apologies, as the Germans have done. At least since 1970, Germany has taken a comprehensive and credible approach to atoning for its Nazi past, fully acknowledging its horrors in school curricula, graphically commemorating them in museums, monuments, and ceremonies, and employing official discourse that has been unfailingly contrite.

Under strong international pressure in the 1980 s and 1990 s to which I hope I contributed as Australia s foreign minister a series of powerful apologies were in fact offered. Notable among them was then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono s statement in 1993 on the issue of Korea s comfort women, and Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama s expression, on the 50th anniversary of the end of the World War II, of deep remorse and heartfelt apology.

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Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

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And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him whom he would he slew and whom he would he kept alive and whom he would he set up and whom he would he put down.

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So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

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He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.