Comments on: Apology http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/ A Magazine For People Who Love The Valley Fri, 24 May 2013 19:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dam http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-22721 dam Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:57:04 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-22721 I don't really see why they even take the time to apologize. Racism is an everyday thing in Utah. For those of you who are saying didn't intend to do it, please, stop being a bunch of hypocrites. I don’t really see why they even take the time to apologize. Racism is an everyday thing in Utah. For those of you who are saying didn’t intend to do it, please, stop being a bunch of hypocrites.

]]> By: Hawaiian Wedding Dress http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-20078 Hawaiian Wedding Dress Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:36:05 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-20078 Thank you for the article. Very informative, keep up with the good work! Thank you for the article. Very informative, keep up with the good work!

]]> By: Renae http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-19803 Renae Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:22:50 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-19803 REALLY? Who are the racists who are calling the woman "white", or the ignoramuses trying to make something of nothing by pointing out the lack of a "colored person" in the magazine, or the responders who are ignoring Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, stating that: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." People of "color" have their rights protected... that includes WHITE WOMAN. I think the editor should have kept the magazine the way it was. It would give all those so childishly offended time to grow up. Nothing was incorrect and I refuse to let the minority decide the way anyone "should" talk ... either in print or otherwise. The fact that the complainers want to tell people how to act shows that they have learned nothing about equality. Stop trying to ram biased beliefs down others throats ... we have laws that protect all of us from that. Utah Valley Magazine .... carry on any way you want to ... it is your right. REALLY? Who are the racists who are calling the woman “white”, or the ignoramuses trying to make something of nothing by pointing out the lack of a “colored person” in the magazine, or the responders who are ignoring Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, stating that:

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

People of “color” have their rights protected… that includes WHITE WOMAN. I think the editor should have kept the magazine the way it was. It would give all those so childishly offended time to grow up. Nothing was incorrect and I refuse to let the minority decide the way anyone “should” talk … either in print or otherwise. The fact that the complainers want to tell people how to act shows that they have learned nothing about equality. Stop trying to ram biased beliefs down others throats … we have laws that protect all of us from that.
Utah Valley Magazine …. carry on any way you want to … it is your right.

]]> By: Jim Hayes http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-19587 Jim Hayes Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:01:42 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-19587 I'm off Colored all the time. Does this make a RACIST? UV doesn't owe anyone anything. Jim Hayes I’m off Colored all the time. Does this make a RACIST?

UV doesn’t owe anyone anything.

Jim Hayes

]]> By: Dale Wight http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-19377 Dale Wight Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:02:42 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-19377 I live in SoCal. This particular idiocy would not have occurred here, certainly not with a claim of igorance nor would there be a raft of benighted defenders like in this thread supposing to OK the offense because it wasn't intended. It reminds me of the heartlessly blinded people who dumped on Lars Cosby, an African-American HS student in Utah, for complaining when another student danced around him in a white hood because the offender lost a scholarship for doing it. /Say what???/ Offenses are not excusable because of ignorance. Part of the apology for offending may be a request for forgiveness for being so unaware/insensitive/​STUPID but the offense remains offensive. I do not want to be precluded from protesting offenses against LDS like this week's Bloomburg Business Week cover or Big Love's portrayal of part of the endowment ceremony because the offenders didn't mean to give offense. It is particularly egregious for a group to press against the boundary of offense in an area in which they remain suspect -- like we LDS regarding black people's quest for respect and dignity. In cases of simmering suspicion like this, it is best to maintain a safe, reassuring distance from the boundary. This is not about losing rights of free speech or some similar, lesser restriction; it is about doing our part to realize that for which Christ pled while working out the at-one-ment: that we would be one. This title is symbolically flipping-off a group who already has real reason to question the hearts of the people pictured in that photo and now sends them a message not to try to be one with "us." I live in SoCal. This particular idiocy would not have occurred here, certainly not with a claim of igorance nor would there be a raft of benighted defenders like in this thread supposing to OK the offense because it wasn’t intended. It reminds me of the heartlessly blinded people who dumped on Lars Cosby, an African-American HS student in Utah, for complaining when another student danced around him in a white hood because the offender lost a scholarship for doing it. /Say what???/

Offenses are not excusable because of ignorance. Part of the apology for offending may be a request for forgiveness for being so unaware/insensitive/​STUPID but the offense remains offensive. I do not want to be precluded from protesting offenses against LDS like this week’s Bloomburg Business Week cover or Big Love’s portrayal of part of the endowment ceremony because the offenders didn’t mean to give offense.

It is particularly egregious for a group to press against the boundary of offense in an area in which they remain suspect — like we LDS regarding black people’s quest for respect and dignity. In cases of simmering suspicion like this, it is best to maintain a safe, reassuring distance from the boundary. This is not about losing rights of free speech or some similar, lesser restriction; it is about doing our part to realize that for which Christ pled while working out the at-one-ment: that we would be one. This title is symbolically flipping-off a group who already has real reason to question the hearts of the people pictured in that photo and now sends them a message not to try to be one with “us.”

]]> By: Bob http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-19369 Bob Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:30:38 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-19369 It is getting scary lately. The Thought Police come down on you for any perceived wrong. If you look at the image and read the words and actually think for moment...you understand completely what was being meant. Turns it into a humorous image. It is getting scary lately. The Thought Police come down on you for any perceived wrong.

If you look at the image and read the words and actually think for moment…you understand completely what was being meant. Turns it into a humorous image.

]]> By: Jen Barney http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-19277 Jen Barney Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:51:20 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-19277 I LOVE every issue of UV Mag and I didn't at all take offense to the title. I looked at the picture and read the title and didn't think twice about it! I loved the issue! The staff is awesome at what they do and each magazine is so creatively put together! I can't wait for the next COLORFUL issue to come out! I LOVE every issue of UV Mag and I didn’t at all take offense to the title. I looked at the picture and read the title and didn’t think twice about it! I loved the issue!

The staff is awesome at what they do and each magazine is so creatively put together! I can’t wait for the next COLORFUL issue to come out!

]]> By: Seamus http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-19272 Seamus Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:47:19 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-19272 The unintentional irony was funny. Thank you. The unintentional irony was funny. Thank you.

]]> By: Lissa Lander http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-19182 Lissa Lander Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:37:13 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-19182 Apologies don't matter anymore, thanks to this new thing the kids are all calling "the internet." Your embarrassing and offensive headline is now a global joke. Nice job representing the citizens of our fair valley. Apologies don’t matter anymore, thanks to this new thing the kids are all calling “the internet.” Your embarrassing and offensive headline is now a global joke. Nice job representing the citizens of our fair valley.

]]> By: J. Baker http://blog.uvmag.com/apology/comment-page-1/#comment-19181 J. Baker Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:41:15 +0000 http://blog.uvmag.com/?p=4507#comment-19181 I heard that the next article Ms. Bennett is going to write is about how flattering the little, black dress is. I think she's going to title it "Once You Go Black, You Never Go Back!" I heard that the next article Ms. Bennett is going to write is about how flattering the little, black dress is. I think she’s going to title it “Once You Go Black, You Never Go Back!”

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