Apologies and non-apologies to comfort women

Apologies and non-apologies to comfort women

by | Feb 19, 2014 | Historical Apologies

Last week, Japan’s former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama visited South Korea and met with three former comfort women. Comfort women, of course, were those 200,000 women (some of them very young teenagers) forced into prostitution for the Japanese military during...
Apologetic Tom Hiddleston

Apologetic Tom Hiddleston

by | Feb 11, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies

Because today is Tom Hiddleston’s birthday (I’M NOT A STALKER SHUT UP) here is a slumber party video in which he apologizes for hitting his host with a pillow after being told to hit his host with a pillow. It is a lovely apology. He is so unnecessarily...
Babies are takers

Babies are takers

by | Feb 10, 2014 | Corporate Apologies

Tim Armstrong, the chief executive who most looks like he should play an evil CEO in a futuristic technothriller, made an unpopular announcement last week. He made employees’ 401(K) packages much less favorable, then blamed that decision on $7.1 million in...
SorryWatch v. Apology Watch cage match!

SorryWatch v. Apology Watch cage match!

by | Feb 6, 2014 | Corporate Apologies

In which SorryWatch winds up bleeding and blinking on the mat, staring up at the sneering face of the New York Times business section, barely remembering its own name! Here’s what happened. On Tuesday, the @nytimes Twitter account asked for crowdsourcing help...

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