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Can a simple idea to apologize help make the world a better place to live in? As top UK bankers say sorry in front of MPs for their part in the financial crisis, Tom Perrotta says we should all embrace the idea of a dedicated day for apologies. It’ll, as Perrotta says, make the world a better place should we institute two new holidays - Grievance Day and Apology Day. Well, how do you think this will help or will it just be nothing but adding two more days to the long list holidays?
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Vinod
Feb 10 2009
Shimla,
India
Well, it’s not the apologies but the actions to amend the wrong doings that make the difference. Merely saying sorry and doing nothing substantial is rather shirking the responsibility to correct and avoid the same in near future. Similarly, the banking chiefs saying sorry for their inability to deal with the financial crisis is somewhat ok, but have they plans to come out of the financial quagmire? If no, their sorry means nothing.
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Apologies are hollow and an excuse for the evil to find a way out ,using the sympathy of the masses to escape punishment
Apologies by evil is just one more weapon in their arsenal
Apologies by evil is just one more weapon in their arsenal
Wayne in Jain community,their is a day called ”Kshamavani”[Day of Forgivness].
Kshamavani Day or Kshama Divas of Jain community
Kshamavani day is a day of forgiving and seeking forgiveness for the people of Jain community. Kshamavani festival is also known as ‘khamat khamna’ and Jain peoples celebrates this festival with joy and happiness. The day of Kshamavani or ‘khamat khamna’ is permit to all over beg of forgiveness for any type of sins, wrongs, excesses during year. This is one of the day when people take all the responsibility of any sorrow, pain, or anguish caused to by their own.
We can simply understand the mean of “Kshamavaani divas” by this :-
Kshama - mean forgive and, Divas - mean day.
All Jain people want on this Kshamavani or ‘khamat khamna’ day, that their past sins are forgiven and people start life afresh and living in peaceful co-existence with others. kshamavaani festival is a symbol of the growth of spiritual purity. someone has said that ‘A forgiver sleeps soundly and peacefully. On this holy day every member of the Jain community approaches everyone, irrespective of religion, and begs for forgiveness for all their faults or mistakes, committed either knowingly or unknowingly.
Kshamavani Day or Kshama Divas of Jain community
Kshamavani day is a day of forgiving and seeking forgiveness for the people of Jain community. Kshamavani festival is also known as ‘khamat khamna’ and Jain peoples celebrates this festival with joy and happiness. The day of Kshamavani or ‘khamat khamna’ is permit to all over beg of forgiveness for any type of sins, wrongs, excesses during year. This is one of the day when people take all the responsibility of any sorrow, pain, or anguish caused to by their own.
We can simply understand the mean of “Kshamavaani divas” by this :-
Kshama - mean forgive and, Divas - mean day.
All Jain people want on this Kshamavani or ‘khamat khamna’ day, that their past sins are forgiven and people start life afresh and living in peaceful co-existence with others. kshamavaani festival is a symbol of the growth of spiritual purity. someone has said that ‘A forgiver sleeps soundly and peacefully. On this holy day every member of the Jain community approaches everyone, irrespective of religion, and begs for forgiveness for all their faults or mistakes, committed either knowingly or unknowingly.
Vijay
Thanks for your cultural explanation of Kshamavani day and how it works for the Jain community ,but to think that there are any real felling in their tradition is like believing the communion to a catholic is any more believable ,you can’t turn emotions on and off like a switch ,if a the mostly good people do something bad like every human does than there is no need to say anything as actions and words of apology at the time or shortly after will suffice,
As always i enjoy hearing your views and think you have some of the most sincere people in your country ,than any where on earth
Thanks for your cultural explanation of Kshamavani day and how it works for the Jain community ,but to think that there are any real felling in their tradition is like believing the communion to a catholic is any more believable ,you can’t turn emotions on and off like a switch ,if a the mostly good people do something bad like every human does than there is no need to say anything as actions and words of apology at the time or shortly after will suffice,
As always i enjoy hearing your views and think you have some of the most sincere people in your country ,than any where on earth
I agree with the idea for having both these days! yes it will be good for one to say sorry which sometimes you would have avoid becoz there is not time for this in you work schedule or perhaps your work is too hectic to keep you busy throughout the day minimizing chances to remember what right of wrong you did. it;ll, especially apology day help as Sometimes we realise our mistakes after sometime of committing them, and don't find right time to apologise for them.
Ollie -once you start a tradition you form habit and it becomes repetitive and a zombie action with no feelings
this is ludicrous idea you know!!!!!!as far as making the world better place to live in is concerned...bcoz I believe there is lot more we'd do for making world a better place. there is another good reason for this as this will end in nothing more than. All you need to do to take part is undertake not to harm any other human beings on that day. If it is successful then perhaps we can extend it for longer periods and who knows perhaps we will learn to live together. It's a nice thought.
Matthew - your right you can’t have people tripping over each other wondering if they did something wrong or actually did something wrong ,we are an animal that soical sins come easily and we gravitate from pain to pleasure because pleasure comes easy and that is not usually good for others around us
You would make your society of mostly good people paranoid wondering who they hurt or if it is time to apologize
Just another weakness of us dizzy humans trying not to be human
You would make your society of mostly good people paranoid wondering who they hurt or if it is time to apologize
Just another weakness of us dizzy humans trying not to be human
wasting a whole day for the apologies does not sound too good an option for me. Didn't u hv the cell phone to type sorry in the message box and send it. How much time will it take after all or will doing it in the whole day make a big difference. seriously speaking, i doubt it will help in making the things better
The mostly good know when they do somthing wrong but it is the evil that use it as a tool we have to worry about
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