by sumac | May 16, 2013 | Political Apologies
Earlier this month, an official visit to Washington, D.C. by South Korean president Park Geun-hye was going rather well. Which was gratifying, in light of recent criticisms of Park’s administration, such as the charge that she’d appointed people with...
by sumac | May 10, 2013 | Celebrity Apologies
Helen Mirren was playing England’s reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in “The Audience’, at the Gielgud Theatre. Outside someone started drumming drumming drumming nonstop drumming deafening drumming. Mirren focused, raised her voice, projected, as did...
by sumac | May 9, 2013 | True Crime Apologies
A Sydney Morning Herald story excellently begins: As the P&O cruise ship Aurora neared Circular Quay in [February 2012], a British national sent a message to a mysterious Sydney man named David Smith, saying, “About one hour.” More than an hour later on the...
by sumac | May 3, 2013 | Sports Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Suppose an enemy apologizes. Not because they’re sorry, but because you’ve threatened legal action, and they’re pretty sure they’d lose. They still hate you. You still hate them. What good is an apology then? In a letter posted on their...
by sumac | Apr 29, 2013 | Political Apologies
Proceso Flordeliz Jr., a citizen of the Philippines living in Edmonton, needed to renew his passport. He went to a special consular outreach event in Red Deer, Alberta. There he had some unhappy exchanges with Consul General to Vancouver Jose Ampeso. Unhappy enough...