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 | 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...
by sumac | Apr 26, 2013 | Political Apologies
Start with the fragile, elephant-shooting king. Add an angry queen, a princess accused of embezzlement, the king’s golden-haired friend (also a princess), charges of usurpation (usurpury?), an adultery web site accused of fakery (no! really?), and a nation in...
by snarly | Apr 22, 2013 | Political Apologies
On the heels of Representative Pete Hansen’s charming apologies for referring to women as vaginas (or rather, “vagina’s,” since he’s as awesome at grammar as he is at non-misogyny), and former Governor Mark Sanford’s “apology...
by snarly | Apr 18, 2013 | Historical Apologies, Political Apologies
We’ve had a lot of crappy apologies on the site lately. Here’s an apology that’s very, very good…which is itself good because what it’s apologizing for is utterly horrific. You probably know about the Tuskegee Experiment. In 1932, 600...
by sumac | Apr 17, 2013 | Political Apologies
They were fighting about gun regulations in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, specifically about a modified âStand Your Groundâ bill, HB 135. Republican Rep. Steve Vaillancourt got up on his hind legs and made a long speech in support of the bill, saying it...