Wednesday, August 02, 2006

WITH SINCERE APOLOGIES

It has come to my attention that I have "wronged" one of the brilliant directors of animation. One who has established her place in the Pantheon of animation director gods. Gods like Vietti, Youngberg, Lukic, and Liu. Next to them will be the newest immortal (and in my book the most talented!) - Montgomery.

(Sam stop laughing!)

To this celestial being I offer my official apology below and a promise that this mistake on my part will never ever happen again.

(BTW just replace the word Jewish/Semite/Semitic with Lauren and change any plural reference to a singular one.)


"There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark.

I want to apologies specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUE (driving under the influence) charge.

I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena.

As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologies directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.

The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life.

Every human being is God's child, and if I wish to honour my God I have to honour his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.

I'm not just asking for forgiveness.

I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one-on-one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.

I have begun an ongoing programme of recovery and what I am now realising is that I cannot do it alone.

I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery.

Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable.

But I pray that that door is not forever closed.

This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic licence. This is about real life and recognising the consequences hurtful words can have.

It's about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad."

.....I think that about sums it up!

Comments:
Apology accepted, Mel...er..I mean....Ron.
 
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