That, of course, doesn't excuse the question of fabrication.
I guess I would have to turn your question around and ask why (if you will excuse the "why" question!) you think that things such as love will never be reducible to the firing of neurons and biochemical reactions?
On this account, if an agent acts immorally while formally intending to act immorally, nothing can excuse the action in question.
The "excuses" in question include language exchanges, video gaming and dog-walking partnerships.
The interpreter prefaced it with an apology: "Excuse us, but the question is of course about doping and the scandal".
He said he was "devastated" by civilian deaths in Gaza, but added: "I have one question – which doesn't excuse the killing of children and women.
The burning question, if you will excuse the pun, is whether we can manage this in a smooth and controlled manner, or will future decades be marked by economic crises, energy and food shortages and, heaven forbid, yet more resource wars?
Initially, Houston said he didn't have time to really comment, because he had to catch a flight (which almost sounds like an excuse to duck the question, but the Dropbox folks had actually mentioned the flight earlier).
