tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post9162946033288882123..comments2023-11-03T12:44:19.948+01:00Comments on Orwell's Picnic ~: I'll bloody well say it's grossly inflammatory and insulting!Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-86847755632305461572008-09-05T14:58:00.000+02:002008-09-05T14:58:00.000+02:00Close reading reveals that they didn't really apol...Close reading reveals that they didn't really apologise:<BR/><BR/>"Open Doors and St Aldate's very much regret that offence has been taken by Meco at an event designed to encourage church-going Christians to engage positively with Muslims."<BR/><BR/>That's the normal mode these days: not 'I'm sorry' but 'I'm sorry you were offended'. The Pope did it, you'll remember, after the Regensburg business. It means that you don't have to retract anything, and implies that your opponent's a bit of a wimp for taking offence in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com