Sorry you had to hear about this

Sorry you had to hear about this

by | Feb 12, 2013 | Political Apologies

Wouldn’t you think mayors and tourism secretaries in a famous destination resort would be good with words? Isn’t part of their job to issue public statements without arousing public fury? Without coming off as heartless profiteers? Before dawn on February...
Sorry we did those ugly things. We’ve stopped.

Sorry we did those ugly things. We’ve stopped.

by | Feb 8, 2013 | Religious Apologies

Two sisters have just left their church. Because their church is the tiny, savage, Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), this means they left their families, friends, occupations, and everything they ever knew. The WBC, the shame of Topeka, Kansas, is notorious for flaunting...
Retaliatory apologies

Retaliatory apologies

by | Feb 6, 2013 | The Mechanics of Apology

In his amusing book Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? A Modern Guide to Manners, and in interviews Henry Alford describes a six-week campaign of retaliatory apologies, or “reverse etiquette.” It must not catch on. Alford calls himself a humorist, journalist, and...
Sorry! Bye! Sorry! (RUN!) Sorry!

Sorry! Bye! Sorry! (RUN!) Sorry!

by | Feb 1, 2013 | Youth apologizes

Following the Tesco horse-meat-in-burgers apology, the Question of the Week on b3ta board was: “With Tesco taking out full page adverts to say sorry for selling us ponyburgers, now is the time for us all to say Sorry. Write a letter of apology to someone who deserves...

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