Lawyer shot by Cheney Ducks Question Whether he Got an Apology

[joeybee12]

The lawyer shot five years ago by then vice-president Dick Cheney told the The Washington Post Thursday that his injuries from the hunting accident were more extensive than revealed at the time.

Harry Whittington, 82 and still working as a lawyer in Austin, has kept the blood-stained orange safety vest he was wearing when Cheney opened fire, peppering him with lead shot, the Post reported.

He suffered a collapsed lung during the incident and had what doctors believe was a mild heart attack.

Cheney has not apologized in public for the shooting, and when asked by the Post if Cheney had done so in private, Whittington paused, then said sharply: "I'm not going to go into that."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39666953/ns/us_news-life/

[bluestateguy]

1. Why are people in this country so obsessed with apologies?

The news media aides and abets this herd thinking.

[Missy Vixen]

5. Why shouldn't they be?

Isn't it the responsibility of the person that wronged to offer a sincere apology?

People complain about the lack of civility of our society. Isn't apologizing when you've screwed up part of being an adult, and taking responsibility for your actions?

Dick Cheney shot that man in the face. An apology is the least of what should have happened. Unfortunately, Cheney is incapable of remorse, as we've seen demonstrated previously. It's unfortunate that the people in his life don't hold him to any kind of standard at all.

[TwilightGardener]

2. OTOH, I'm sure Whittington has apologized profusely to Dick for getting in

the way of the buckshot and making Dick look bad.

[RZM]

3. Ill bet he wishes he would have 'ducked' back in 2006 too . . . n/t

[hendo]

4. He's afraid he will get shot again if he answers the question ;) NT