Comment by gavinray
3 years ago
The thing about writing public apologies is that there's no way to differentiate them from crocodile tears. You can't tell whether the person posting it genuinely means those things or is saying them because they know other people will read them.
Obviously, anyone who causes damage to another human being, if they aren't a sociopath, feels remorse.
Of the entire post, perhaps 3 sentences talk about the specifics of crimes committed. Every day that one wakes up inside of a prison/jail, is a reminder of exactly what choices you made to get there.
Can you blame him then, for wanting to write a post that isn't focused on the wrongs he did, and rather his hope for his future?
I have to imagine that if someone in that position talks enough about their past they get a little tired of having to apologize all over again to every new person they talk to.