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Her novels argue that criminals must pay for their actions--no forgiveness, no rehabilitation, no excuses whatsoever--but she's also admitted to bouts with childhood molestation, bulimia, and bipolar mood swings, and she has asked that people who suffer such traumas be given a little TLC.
Springer's excuses are halfhearted (not to mention contradictory--it's not consistent to say that television doesn't create values, then lecture your audience about values).
Another reason the critics are letting Bloomfield get away with it: As the Truman Show also made clear this week, sadism makes for great television, and great television excuses everything.
In the Present we recognize that barriers are not excuses.
Graham has been a presidential suck-up since the Eisenhower administration and still makes excuses for Bill Clinton's alleged philandering.