by sumac | May 1, 2015 | Historical Apologies, Political Apologies
Benedict Arnold is notorious as a traitor in the American Revolution. After fighting with distinction on the American side and being promoted to major general, things started going less well. He was injured at Saratoga (1777), passed over for promotion, saw others...
by snarly | Dec 4, 2014 | Historical Apologies, Political Apologies
I was going to post about this image and text. I really wanted to. It’s truly an amazing photo (by freelance photographer Johnny Nguyen), with commentary by Devonte’s mom, who noted that the officer, Bret Barnum, had “asked Devonte why he was crying....
by snarly | Sep 30, 2014 | Historical Apologies
Via i09, A Real-Life Letter of Apology Written by Members of Salem Witch Trial Juries. Meh. Doesn’t fully take responsibility. WE WERE DELUDED, WE HAD NO CLUE… whatever,...
by sumac | Apr 11, 2014 | Historical Apologies, Scientific apologies
Charles Darwin was very intelligent, thoughtful, and hardworking. And a big worrier. One thing he worried about was how people would respond to his theory of evolution by natural selection. He knew people would fuss about it. They would say he was wrong,...
by snarly | 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...
by snarly | Feb 4, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Historical Apologies, Musical Apologies, Religious Apologies
We’ve bleated until our ears bled about the elements of apology: Acknowledging the offense, acknowledging its effect, expressing genuine remorse, explaining why and how said bad thing won’t happen again, and making reparation. Can you apologize well...
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