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Apologies accepted??
May 8, 2008
When someone apologizes, sometimes you just know they don't really mean it. Politicians are famous for uttering "non-apologetic" apologies. Lately, it's either Hillary Clinton "non-apologizing" for that story about sniper fire in Bosnia, or Barack Obama "non-apologizing" for his former minister's inflammatory comments...or both. So along those lines, I'm giving over this blog post to some (abridged) commentary of the late British humorist Miles Kington (courtesy of my friends at Packaging & Print Media in South Africa). Keep in mind, these comments are coming from a British point of view.
"We'd like the Japanese to say they're sorry for the cruelty that was practiced on POWs in World War II. The Japanese would like to say that what they're really sorry about it that they did not win World War II.
We'd like the French to say they're sorry for being so arrogant and refusing to understand us even when we try to speak French. The French would like to say how sorry they are that French, which is an infinitely superior language to English and used to be the universal language of diplomats and gentlemen, has been replaced by the clumsy Anglo-Saxon tongue which, by sheer accident, has been adopted by the barbaric Americans.
We'd like like the Americans to apologize for inflicting McDonald's on the rest of the world, or at the very least, for sending all the worst aspects of American culture abroad. The Americans would like to apologize for having rescued Europe in two world wars and gotten nothing but ingratitude in return, and they won't be making that mistake again.
We'd like the Russians to apologize for making a mess of Communism. The Russians would like to apologize for having failed to realize, during 70 years of Communism, that Mafia methods represented the true way forward all along.
We'd like the Swedes to apologize for Abba. The Swedes would like to apologize for Abba.
And lastly...
We'd like the Chinese to apologize for there being so many of them. The Chinese would like to apologize for many things, but not while anyone from the West is listening."
Posted by Mark Spaulding on May 8, 2008 | Comments (0)