# An Apology to Jonathan Chance

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**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jonathan-chance/764493 "2016-08-30T16:36:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jonathan-chance/764493/1 "2016-08-30T16:36:45Z")

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Over a year ago, I got a warning from Jonathan Chance. I protested this warning twice, believing it to be an uneven application of a standard – that is, I believed my words were judged more exactingly than others’ words had been in previous interactions.

Over the past year, however, I have gradually come to realize that I was wrong. The issue was not that my words were judged more exactingly, but rather that Jonathan Chance was applying a more exacting standard across the board. So to speak.

I was wrong in my earlier protest, and in any suggestion that any less even-handed motive was in play.

I apologize.

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