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A comment on Letter to Freenode – Post Mortem of May 25, 2021.

Re:Letter to Freenode – Post Mortem of May 25, 2021 by lervag on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:01AM (#27300760)
> Lastly, there are no excuses for this, and I’m willing to admit that I was wrong with yesterday’s move and apologize for the inconvenience that may have caused.

This type of wording fascinates me. Why does he not write "..., and I admit ... and apologize"? Writing "..., I'm willing to admit ... and apologize" does not, to my understanding, mean the same. Or am I being too sensitive here?

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Re:Letter to Freenode – Post Mortem of May 25, 2021 by rntksi on Thursday May 27, 2021 @08:49AM (#27302420)
You have to be careful of the wording when you're legally representing an entity. See all speeches by CEOs and Chairpeople that's 2 pages long but actually doesn't affirm or confirm anything.

That, and being the Crown Prince I guess.

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