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As the rain cometh down

by sumac | Mar 22, 2015 | Religious Apologies

The Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption, in San Francisco, aka St Mary’s Cathedral, is a piece of 1960s architecture. It’s interesting geometrically, as the cross section changes from a square to a cross as the roof rises. Most photos focus on the roof,...

Archdruid Eileen forgives you

by sumac | Oct 27, 2014 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Religious Apologies

SorryWatch seeks to understand and illuminate the apology traditions of many cultures and faiths. We were tipped off to a clear and beautiful example from Archdruid Eileen of the Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley. The Archdruid takes on the tricky rhetoric of a “sorry...

Good bread, good meat, nice discount, let’s eat

by sumac | Sep 29, 2014 | Corporate Apologies, Religious Apologies

This apology came from Freethought Today, newspaper of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF’s legal team writes a lot of letters to city governments, schools, senior centers, and other organizations, reminding them about laws that govern the separation of...

Repentance via eScapegoat: There’s an App for That

by snarly | Sep 17, 2014 | Religious Apologies

You know where the word “scapegoat” comes from, right? In Leviticus, there’s discussion of the way the Jewish community would project all its sins onto a goat on Yom Kippur and send it out into the wilderness. Today, my part-time employer Tablet...

Gary Oldman’s apology

by snarly | Jun 26, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies, Religious Apologies

Like the Anti-Defamation League, we agree that Gary Oldman’s apology for his anti-Semitic remarks in Playboy was insufficient. The remarks in question: I don’t know about Mel [Gibson]. He got drunk and said a few things, but we’ve all said those things. We’re...

making kids apologize (cuppa comme ci comme ca)

by snarly | Jun 16, 2014 | Apology Essentials, Personal Apologies, Religious Apologies, Youth apologizes

Lots of viral buzz about a post, on a blog called cuppacocoa, from a teacher named JoEllen, about how she makes her class apologize. Some of her ideas work for me; some emphatically don’t. Let’s discuss! Have you read the post? OK, I like JoEllen’s...

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