You just know when you hear people say "...with all due respect..." or some variation thereof, it's really just a weak apology in advance for whatever they're about to say that reveals an utter lack of respect. I'm sure this isn't exactly an earthshaking, original observation, but I had to roll my eyes at a particularly egregious example of it in the news today.
``I certainly meant no disrespect and apologized..." said Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland.
Ireland apparently didn't understand that it might be considered disrespectful to ask a prospective draft choice whether his mom had ever been a prostitute. Seriously.
On the one hand, if he's so dense he didn't understand that question was inherently insulting I think the Dolphins might need to fire him because he has no judgment at all. On the other hand, maybe he's stumbled onto a valuable tool for evaluating character. Look into players backgrounds, find something that should really set them off, ask them the most insulting question possible, and if they don't pound your pasty middle-aged ass through the floor maybe they have enough maturity and self-control not to turn into the next Ben Roethlisberger.
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