Apology accepted.

Seriously though, saying sorry is only the beginning of an apology, the contrition phase. The real work comes in recognizing when you're about to make the same mistake again, then tempering your behavior. An apology is essentially worthless without effort to rectify your behavior the next time a similar situation arises. Although I think the thing itself itself is very important, I'm of the belief that actions speak louder than words, that people should be judged with more weight by the way they respond to mistakes than by whether they make them in the first place.