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Just ask yourself one question. Are you doing this to soothe your own feelings? It sure sounds like that. So just out away the “I want to do the right thing” bit and recognize that sometimes the right thing to do is nothing.

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recklessengagement@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yep - are you apologizing for them, or for yourself?

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UCIL19841202@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
So Matthew Broderick was right to not apologize for killing those two people? And National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is wrong? That’s what I seem to be getting at.

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- scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  To answer the question of what Matthew Broderick should do, I would need to have some information about what the victims/family want. Do they want an apology and public statement? They should get one. Do they want to be left alone? They should be.
  
  The thing is YOU DO already have this information. They want to be left alone. You want to violate that and contact them to apologize for… contacting them before?
  
  This isn’t hard dude. You aren’t Matthew Broderick. You didn’t kill anyone. You have an unhealthy fascination with this person from the very beginning of your story and you are working VERY hard to convince yourself that exercising it is in fact a moral imperative for you.
  
  It is not. The only thing you can do for these people is leave them alone and digest your own feelings about it. Get therapeutic help, please.
  
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  - UCIL19841202@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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    scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Or just, you know, move on with your life.
    
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    november@lemmy.vg ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You said it, not us.
    
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- JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  And National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is wrong?
  
  Holy shit that’s the stupidest thing I’ve read all day. It has nothing to do with your petty personal demons. Go educate yourself and/or delete your account on Lemmy.ca.
  
  Here’s a start: canada.ca/…/national-day-truth-reconciliation.htm…
  
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  - UCIL19841202@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I know very well what National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is; no need to remind me. And the reason I brought up Matthew Broderick is because he is a vile piece of shit who killed two people, had no remorse and is still in showbiz. I simply don’t want to be like Broderick by not apologizing.
    
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