From a regretful soul:

When you hurt someone, do you regret it? Do you think about it later? Do you wonder how much it hurt them, or the implications or the consequences of what you\'ve done? Do you think about how it\'ll affect you in the future? Do you even care? Do you ever wonder what the other person might think of you? In my life, I\'ve hurt many people, and I always regret it. But regret isn\'t enough. Saying \"I\'m sorry\" isn\'t apologizing, it\'s saying \"I regret what I did, but I don\'t think I have to apologize for it\". What you need to do is apologize. But even then, it\'s still not enough. You need to ask for their forgiveness, because that is the only way to ever really get past something horrible.

So when you\'ve hurt someone, remember this code:

1. Say you\'re sorry

2. Apologize

3. BEG for forgiveness

Follow these rules and the people you hurt will continue to love you.

Because being human is forgiving others.

That being said:

I\'m sorry, I really am.

I apologize: My apologies to you.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

I\'m sure people might take that apology, but if someone came up to me and did that, I would tell them to calm down, first. Then I would say that if they were really sorry enough for them to get on their knees and beg, I couldn\'t really refuse.

I don\'t forgive or forget you annoying little troll.

Doc banned you for a reason, go the hell away you goddamned loser.

You always this nice? Or did you wake up on the wrong side of the cave this morning?

To answer the original question posted, I\'d like to say that yes, I often do feel remorse for my actions, though I try not to think about the implications too much, because it depresses me. Nothing like, \"If I hadn\'t been mean to him, he\'d be Bill Gates right now\" you see, because being a human being (homo sapiens if you\'re a picky scientist) consists of constantly making mistakes and hurting other people. Most people\'s reaction to negative actions or words to them is to disregard the speaker/doer completely, or build up an immotional tolerance. By the time that they\'re old enough to understand this concept, they\'ve already built up a resistance to unfounded negative action, and begging forgiveness of somebody for what you\'ve done is more likely to get you a lot of raised eyebrows than sympathetic nods or pats on the back or anything.

Riiight... you\'ve been here how long? Do you even know who Kei is or what he/she\'s done? I\'ll admit that I joined at almost the exact same time he(/she) was getting booted, but being intolerant of somebody just because of previous actions (especially ones you didn\'t actually witness) is just a little bit mean, doncha think?



\"O yea, u boer mee too deth two.\" Please make a better effort to check your spelling before making a derogatory post, or at least put a spelling note (sp?) next to words of which you are unsure.

As to past problems with you, Gabriel/Kei/Whoever you are, that\'s between you and Dr. Cossack. If I were him, I\'d give you a short trial period, watch you to make sure you\'ve reformed, and if you took one step out of line, hit you like a ton of bricks. Then again, there are 2 problems with this:

1) I\'m pretty lenient when it comes to wrongdoers, as to where DC is a bit tougher than myself.

2) I am, quite obviously, not Dr. Cossack.

That being said, good luck with sticking around and philosophising, and all that jazz.

I have looked at some of Kei\'s posts before s/he was banned and Gabriel never seemed to SPAM, much. S/he always used correct grammar and followed the rules. All s/he did was tell everyone (including myself) that s/he hated them because s/he got annoyed.

I had a hunch. I just would rather be correct.

Meh, I just returned, So I don\'t know what the hell is happening, who is this dude/dudette?

Here we go again.

Oh Hollow, forgive so and so! He\'s changed! He\'s no longer a self-absorbed holier-than-thou annoying fool I swear! I will repeatedly attack you with sarcasm until you change your mind!

I guess you haven\'t learned that it doesn\'t work.

I never said that about you. I doubt I ever will either.