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The statement is too self-absolving, deflecting blame away from Catholics: It should have expressed abject contrition.
Given the prior day's discussion of the wrongs of slavery, Clinton's remarks about the Rwandan genocide indicate, says the WP , that his African sojourn is becoming a "contrition tour."
make some magical act of contrition.
They preach vulnerability, humility, contrition, intimacy, sharing, weeping, tenderness, and surrender.
Others have charged that the president's contrition regarding the U.S. failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was cheap and hypocritical, since it was a considered decision, not (as he implied) some kind of oversight, and there is no reason to suppose the United States will decide differently if it happens again.