"What you did is extraordinarily dangerous as it
contributes to the silences which allow suicide to
flourish and also contributes to the bullying of
people perceived mistakenly or otherwise to be
mentally ill. That bullying causes suicides. Thats
why you're supposed to apologise," O'Connor
wrote.
"Its really very simple. People die every day
because of the type of thing you did," she added.
"Its not that hard to say sorry. Doing so will save
lives."