by snarly | Mar 31, 2013 | Media Apologies, Personal Apologies, Political Apologies, Religious Apologies
We have three (3) apologies of note to parse! Let’s get started! 1. “Minnesota for Marriage,” a conservative group, apologized on Friday for equating the idea of a genetic basis for being gay with Nazi eugenics theory. Wait, what? You see, one of...
by sumac | Mar 29, 2013 | Artistic apologies
I had a lovely escapist time reading Fallen Angel, the latest “Only in Tokyo” murder mystery. It pleasingly entwines police procedural and (literally) star-crossed love with cool information about the Tokyo host club scene and other amazing things that happen after I...
by sumac | Mar 25, 2013 | The Mechanics of Apology, True Crime Apologies, Youth apologizes
A kid who was convicted of grand theft for taking jewelry is under court order to apologize – even though he says he’s not sorry, because he didn’t do it. It has been ruled that his apology need not be an admission of guilt, so he has to go ahead and...
by sumac | Mar 22, 2013 | Sports Apologies, Youth apologizes
In Athens, Greece, a 20-year-old soccer player for AEK Athens made a winning goal in a league game against Veria. Pleased, he raced to the sidelines, pulling off his shirt as he ran, faced the crowd, and snapped into a Nazi salute. What? A Nazi salute?...
by snarly | Mar 21, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Media Apologies, Other Apologies, Scientific apologies
When news broke that primatologist Jane Goodall’s new book, Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants, contained plagiarized material, Susan and I both felt sick. We’ve both worked as “co-writers” on well-known people’s...
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