On 13th Feb 2008 prime minister delivered his speech and apologized on behalf of all australians and saying that we are sorry for what we had done. This was a well known symbolic strategy that has a major impact on the Indigenous peoples. The main message of the speech was to apologize to the indigenous for all the mistreatment that they caused in the past and the effect that it had on them and their families. This was a way to try and remove barriers and build a better relationship and bring reconciliation one step closing by realising their mistakes and sincerely apologizing for all the mistreatment caused. Although the Apology itself did not refer to offering practical compensation to members of the Stolen Generations, it had a significant…
I am not going to assume if the email was written with sarcasm, but it felt very condescending. I have shown you nothing but the utmost respect and being that I pay thousands of dollars to this institution semester, I expect the same in return. I am a human being and that means sometimes life does happen and things occur unexpectedly. That being said, once I realized I could not make it…
He apologized for the role of the government in the residential schools. In the apology, Harper recognized that the residential schools were wrong, harmful and damaging to the students. Liberal leader, Stéphane Dion, NDP leader, Jack Layton and Bloc Québecois leader, Gilles Duceppe also made statements apologizing for the residential schools. The aboriginal community accepted the apology through speeches from former students. The government will fund a Commemoration initiative with a total of $20 million over 5 years, they gave The Aboriginal Healing Foundation $125 million in compensation for the human rights violations that the aboriginal students suffered.…
Cheryl Tiegs has really upset a lot of people with her comments about Ashley Graham getting to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. There has been a lot of talk about if Cheryl issued an apology or not and now Cheryl has officially apologized to Ashley for her comments, but it could just be a little too late. E! Online shared the details of what happened and Cheryl Tiegs apology. Just last week Cheryl revealed that she wasn't happy that the new Sports Illustrated had a "full-figured" woman on the cover.…
Reconciliation action plan aims to encourage cooperation and improve agreement between Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander peoples, and non-indigenous Australians. This report critically analyses the CASA Reconciliation action plan, in which CASA is committed to working together in the spirit of goodwill, mutual respect and recognition. To improve the way, they build relationships and supports in the workplace. By developing an understanding of how history has shaped our relationship with each other and the importance of respecting each other’s culture.…
With the flowers, I sent Lori the following poem: ....... I'll give you a daisy if you’ll try to understand that I wouldn't love you more by giving you a rose, or less by giving you a crude outline of a flower, fashioned from cardboard and colored with crayons. Someone else may promise you a grand chalet overlooking the Mediterranean, but such a present wouldn’t be entered into the Book of Time any sooner than the gift of a kind word, or well-spent smile, or silent wish.…
Imagine you are a prisoner in a nazi concentration camp, and a dying soldier asks for your forgiveness. How would you respond? This is the situation a young Simon Wiesenthal was put in during his time in a concentration camp, afterwards simon reached out to many different people from many backgrounds and experiences in life. And he had them respond with what they would have done. I have chosen 6 of these people and an article on forgiveness to talk about their opinions, and my personal opinion myself.…
On August 17, 1998 President Bill Clinton delivered a speech to the American public addressing an inappropriate relationship with a former White House Intern, Monica Lewinsky. In comparison to Robert M. Eisingers “The Political Non-Apology” Clinton 's public apology has some of the characteristics of a full apology but, is predominantly a non-apology. Although, acknowledges the offense committed, he minimizes his offense throughout the speech and plays the victim card in attempts to potentially restore his reputation. At some points he attempts to apologize, but his choice of words diminish the effectiveness of his apology and his form of non-apologizing is used to his advantage. Clinton appears to meet some of the criteria of a full apology;…
The Socratic practice, as presented in The Apology through Socrates’s explanation of it and his way of implementing it, relies on its implementer being perceived as truthful and disinterested in wealth, while simultaneously questioning the perceived knowledge amongst individuals of authority. Socrates’s form of philosophical discussion forced the burden of the conversation upon his opponents though this questioning. In the Republic, Socrates provides an apt example of the Socratic practice as he argues against Thrasymachus. The first and foremost aspect of Socrates’s rhetoric is that he claims to speak only the truth. In the Apology, Socrates begins his speech by saying to his fellow Athenians that “From me you will hear the whole truth,…
This Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge is being filed on behalf of NFFE 1442 Local Union concerning affected NFFE, 1442 Local Union Vice President Mr. Charles Vickery due to a Letter of Reprimand that was given to him by his immediate Supervisor. The Letter of Reprimand was administered on 24 October 2017 as a result of him requesting Sick Leave and an exchange of words between him and the Supervisor that ensued. The charge is being filed to contest violations by the Immediate Supervisor, Mr. Greg Edgin for abrogating the Letterkenny (LEAD) Labor Management Agreement (LMA), pertaining to Article 14 & Article 36, Section 2 of the LMA. Mr. Vickery provided his Supervisor with more than 24 hours’ notice and informed his immediate Supervisor…
Apologizing is usually what a person would do if they have done something wrong, or if they have personally hurt another individual. However, sometimes an apology is given when it is something that people have done in the past. There have been so many wrongs in the past that some people still feel the need to be apologizing for them, and some people still feel they are owed an apology from the governments of the involved countries. In “A Sorry State”, Mitch Miyagawa discusses the many apologies that have been given out by governments around the world and what those apologies truly accomplish. There has been an apology given for every war, every case of discrimination, and every misguided choice.…
So now, Thomas, I am writing back to your letter I received on the day I graduated High School. Unfortunately, the letter was a year too late. In the following six months after I told you goodbye in January, I found happiness in myself and met someone new. I appreciate your letter explaining your actions over the past year and how sorry you are, and I accept your apology. I appreciate you telling me now that you loved me then and still do now, but I’m afraid I no longer love you, and telling me you love me in a letter wont change my mind.…
Hate is a very powerful emotion, one that makes letting go of something impossible. Forgiveness is just as strong; it gives people the strength to move on and helps the healing slowly. Many places in the world have been victims of hate and cruelty. History itself has had its share. However, after all has happened, there are broken people.…
I decided to pay my respect to teachers, and always pay attention and never speak while others are talking. I am very sorry once again. There is nothing else I can say. I apologize deeply. My actions were wrong I should not have laughed at you, or at the other teachers.…
‘The Apology’ written by Socrates most famous student Plato, is a Socrates dialogue where he is defending himself from the accusations of corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods of Athens. He tells the court that these accusations are false and he does believe in the gods of Athens. He also tells them that he did not corrupt the youth, in fact the youth followed him on their own free will. According to Socrates the problem was that people who called themselves wise were not actually very wise, their knowledge was based on ignorance thinking that they were wise and he wanted to help them see that true knowledge was knowing nothing rather than believing that they know everything. As philosophy is based on questioning everything,…