#3 Bulls-eye.
However, this deserves commentary:
Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness." — John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles
Very interesting cultures-in-contact sidenote-this may be the ONLY time I will agree with critics of America about our cowboy image. I admire what the cowboy as an American icon stands for-hard work, honesty, self-sufficiency, honor, but this notion that we apparently share with the Arabs-that apologizing is sign of weakness-should go the way of the "earth-is-flat" theory. Apologizing is a sign of integrity and self-assurance-you have faith, even when admitting your error-in the value of your person and ideas as well as the value of others. |