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Counterpoint: his apology was not a calculated tactic to garner goodwill for nefarious purposes so he therefore does not care what "points" he will, by your judgement, gain. It was an honest, human attempt to do the right thing. Or was it? Perhaps you're suggesting he's incapable of even having a desire to do the right thing and instead is totally consumed by selfish sociopathy? It's a serious and damning psychoanalytic allegation to make, not one that I would make from afar. Perhaps you think everyone behaves this way as some sort of justification for his actions? Happily I'll inform you that they don't. What you call "logic" (i.e. pausing, removing all thoughts about morality from your head and taking a moment to refuse to think of others as human beings worthy of consideration and respect, rather, only considering what you personally will gain from a given situation and letting this heuristic drive your decisions completely) describes very few human interactions.


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