by snarly | Jun 30, 2014 | Sports Apologies
Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez, after being banned for four months and fined £66,000, has finally acknowledged biting Italian player Giorgio Chiellini, and apologized. (He did not acknowledge or apologize for his two previous chomping offenses.) He tweeted: Need I...
by snarly | Jun 26, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies, Religious Apologies
Like the Anti-Defamation League, we agree that Gary Oldman’s apology for his anti-Semitic remarks in Playboy was insufficient. The remarks in question: I don’t know about Mel [Gibson]. He got drunk and said a few things, but we’ve all said those things. We’re...
by snarly | Jun 20, 2014 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Sports Apologies
Canadian musician DJ NDN, who is Anishnabe from Nipissing First Nations, apologizes for his nouveau-Redskins* t-shirt. Or rather, “apologizes.” As Sumac quoted me (so I quote her back, nyah nyah) in one of her posts, “A totally facetious WE ARE POINTEDLY...
by snarly | Jun 19, 2014 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Personal Apologies, Youth apologizes
Buzzfeed culls the very best of the internet for us, and provides all the cute cat pictures my family requires. Here from a list of why kids are way better than you (doubtful) are three apology notes. The final one is NSFW. (Kids today.) I like that this child has...
by snarly | Jun 16, 2014 | Apology Essentials, Personal Apologies, Religious Apologies, Youth apologizes
Lots of viral buzz about a post, on a blog called cuppacocoa, from a teacher named JoEllen, about how she makes her class apologize. Some of her ideas work for me; some emphatically don’t. Let’s discuss! Have you read the post? OK, I like JoEllen’s...