by sumac | Nov 19, 2012 | Apology Essentials, The Mechanics of Apology
A poisoned apology is an apology wrapped around an insult, like a cupcake with mud filling. People don’t want to accept the apology, because they don’t want to accept the insult that goes with it. “I apologize for kicking you, but you were so damned...
by sumac | Nov 16, 2012 | True Crime Apologies
At 10:30 at night, a Wichita, Kansas, man was walking home from work. Two younger men approached, one leveling a big semi-automatic. They demanded his wallet and cell phone. He handed over his wallet, but not his phone. The man with the gun gave it to his confederate...
by sumac | Nov 15, 2012 | Political Apologies
On Election Day, after an Obama rally in Colorado, reporter Dave Philipps intercepted Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for a few questions. He asked two puffy ones about Salazar’s whirlwind of campaign stops and what he’d cite as his big accomplishment in...
by sumac | Nov 13, 2012 | Religious Apologies
As is widely known, even among those of us not brought up in a religious tradition, Jesus told the parable of a certain man with two sons. The younger son asked for his share of what the two would inherit, cashed in, traveled to a far country, and “wasted his...
by sumac | Nov 8, 2012 | True Crime Apologies
After the Giants won the 2012 World Series on October 29th, many citizens went out into the streets of San Francisco to whoop and dance and chant and high-five one another. One man also expressed his excitement by smashing in the windshield of a city bus with a metal...
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