Tuesday, February 28, 2006

STATEMENT OF REGRET REGRETTED

EU foreign ministers have issued a statement on those cartoons; the statement starting off:
"The [EU] council acknowledges and regrets that these cartoons were considered offensive and distressing by Muslims across the world."
The original statement, modified under pressure from the Dutch, stated:
... that the EU regretted "that these cartoons caused offence."
The feisty Czechs, victims of past European appeasement, objected to any use of the word "regret". Experience is the best teacher.

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