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blue neen

(12,440 posts)
2. Powerful.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:21 AM
Jun 2015

"If you were able to take this moment to grow deeper insight and take this horror as a time to reflect, I believe it would lead you to say the words that have not been articulated in this discussion. They are the word the people you have held yourself superior to, that you have lectured and that you have tried to oppress, need to hear. The words you need to say are these:"

“I’m sorry.”

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Wow! Beaverhausen Jun 2015 #1
Powerful. blue neen Jun 2015 #2
Very well stated. 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #3
That's what I was thinking. William769 Jun 2015 #5
K&R! hrmjustin Jun 2015 #4
HUGE applause BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #6
This is a really wonderful letter. calimary Jun 2015 #7
Kick and R. BeanMusical Jun 2015 #8
+ sheshe2 Jun 2015 #9
Well done. nt brer cat Jun 2015 #10
Wow.. I love this letter from Rob Watson to Michelle Dugger.. it's Brilliantly dead on. Cha Jun 2015 #11
Rec romanic Jun 2015 #12
This sentence, IMO, says it all. 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #13
It's just not physically possible 4_TN_TITANS Jun 2015 #14
k and r for this beautiful letter. too bad the addressee will never see, or comprehend, its contents niyad Jun 2015 #15
K&R! countryjake Jun 2015 #16
Kicked. Agschmid Jun 2015 #17
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