Many think that assigning blame settles matters.
Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.
Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.
If "there is no harm in asking," why guilt and fear when we do so?
Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.
Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.
