What does it mean....

[Mable]

to take responsibility?

We have Hiillary Clinton "taking responsibility" for her behavior. What does this mean? She is clearly not contrite, apologetic, humble and has no, I mean no desire to disclose the truth. Wait for the congressional hearing testimony in October.

Is there anything an individual like this can do to "take responsibility?" What would she have to do to be believable? How could she make it right? What sanctions are appropriate, excluding the obvious of not winning the presidency?

Forget this witch for a minute. What does the phrase "taking responsibility" really mean in practice? If someone takes "responsibility" what do you want them to do?

So many people say they are taking "responsibility" just to cop out of very bad behavior. They do not mean it at all.

 

[red]

When people say they are taking responsibility it generally means they ain't

 

[geeky]

To me, taking responsibility means accepting whatever the status quo consequence is for that act. Unfortunately, you are right, very few people claiming to "take responsibility" actually do so.

 

[thumper18474]

IMO.....
When someone says that they
Take responsibility for their actions...they usually are just paying lip service to whomever they say it to...they're just hoping that it frees them from the guilt they feel for what they did and hope their convincing enough to erase what they did in the minds of the people they affected WITH those actions.

got no use for people who continually say it time and time again

 

[Mable]

IMO.....
When someone says that they
Take responsibility for their actions...they usually are just paying lip service to whomever they say it to...they're just hoping that it frees them from the guilt they feel for what they did and hope their convincing enough to erase what they did in the minds of the people they affected WITH those actions.

got no use for people who continually say it time and time again

But I think that they feel no guilt. That is the problem. It is just a way of making them look like they are contrite.