What Fowler said about this:
What Fowler should have said:
“If this offended anybody, I personally apologize”
Obviously, what I said was offensive and I am deeply sorry for having said it.
“It was a mistake, and it was a satirical statement made in jest”
There undoubtedly is nothing funny about what the citizens in the path of hurricane Gustav are facing, and I certainly should not have made light of the situation.
“One doesn’t anticipate that one’s private conversation will be surreptitiously taped by some right-wing nutcase”
Character is displayed by how a person behaves when no one is watching. Despite thinking I was having a private conversation, I was wrong to behave in a way that would be embarrassing if it was brought to light.
I would add that, just because a person catches you being an @ss, that doesn’t make them a nutcase.
I can’t believe that last statement! God what a douche.