"So... Uh... Remember that village I burned down, Ms. Sexyelvenpaladinchick?"
"You dare speak to me of this, you amoral beast?!"
"Here, take this flower, and let's pretend this totally didn't happen."
"That's so sweet of you! Make love to me, handsome scoundrel!"
What's the point of having approval (LOL @ BioWare for ripping off Obsidian's influence system) in the first place, if you can fix things up with a present? If you're bathing in gold in DA, just like you do in the rest of Bio's games, the system is glaringly prone to exploiting.