ACME
05-07-2013, 01:23 PM
An interesting article which you can listen to from this link
http://www.mediafire.com/download/lrcvh3gpg1hqqp6/saying_sorry.rar
Nobody likes saying
sorry. Why? Because
it means you have
to admit you did something
wrong! But apologising is
even harder when you have
to do it on nationallY. Here
are three high. profile figu res
who decided to make a
public apology ... and another
who decided not to.
///////////
Anthony
Weiner
Anthony
Weiner is
a former
member of the United States
Congress. In 2011 , he was
accused of sending women
s uggestive images of himself
via Twitter. At first, Weiner
denied the accusations, but
he eventually came clean and
called a press conference.
On live lY Weiner said,
"I apologise to the many
members of the media that I
misled. And I apologise first
and foremost to my wife and
to my family."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bmE8Afe_Lw
/////////
King Juan
Cartos of
Spain
Even royals
have to say
sorry sometimes! In April
2012, King Carlos of Spain
apologised to the entire
Spanish nation. What for?
Newspapers discovered
that the King had been on a
luxurious elephant hunting
holiday in Botswana (news
of the safari leaked to the
press because the King
injured his hip on the trip) .
Spaniards were angry that
their King had been on an
expensive vacation while
the country was struggling
with 25% unemployment.
So, as he left hospital, Juan
Carlos apologised to waiting
cameras. "I 'm very sorry. I
made a mistake. It won't
happen again," he said.
////////////
David
Cameran
British Prime
Minister
David
Cameron was recently on a
state trip to India, and many
were wondering whether
he would apologise for the
Amritsar massacre. In April
1919, British troops fired on
a crowd of unarmed Indians
in Amritsar, killing up to
1,000 (at the time India was
part of the British Empire).
No British prime minister
has ever apologised for the
slaughter. And Cameron
was no exception. But he
did write in the memorial
site visitors' book, "This was
a deeply shameful event in
British history."
///////////
Julia
Cillard
Sometimes
politicians
actually do
apologise. In March 2013,
Australian Prime Minister
Julia Gillard said sorry for
Australia's policy of forced
adoptions. Between 1955
and 1975, the Australian
government forced many
young and unmarried
mothers to put their babies
up for adoption (because
they didn't think the women
were capable of raising the
children by themselves) .
"To you, the mothers who
were betrayed by a system
that gave you no choice
and subjected you to
manipulation. mistreatment
and malpractice, we
apologise ... For the loss, the
grief, the di sempowerment,
the stigmatisation and
the guilt, we say sorry,"
Gillard made the apology
to a crowd Ofl ,ooo people
(including many of the
affected mothers), and she
received a standing ovation.
Maybe a few politicians can
learn from Julia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB3KKwXvw2U
~~~~~~~~~~
I hope you enjoyed listeing and reading it
Best Regards
ACME
.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/lrcvh3gpg1hqqp6/saying_sorry.rar
Nobody likes saying
sorry. Why? Because
it means you have
to admit you did something
wrong! But apologising is
even harder when you have
to do it on nationallY. Here
are three high. profile figu res
who decided to make a
public apology ... and another
who decided not to.
///////////
Anthony
Weiner
Anthony
Weiner is
a former
member of the United States
Congress. In 2011 , he was
accused of sending women
s uggestive images of himself
via Twitter. At first, Weiner
denied the accusations, but
he eventually came clean and
called a press conference.
On live lY Weiner said,
"I apologise to the many
members of the media that I
misled. And I apologise first
and foremost to my wife and
to my family."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bmE8Afe_Lw
/////////
King Juan
Cartos of
Spain
Even royals
have to say
sorry sometimes! In April
2012, King Carlos of Spain
apologised to the entire
Spanish nation. What for?
Newspapers discovered
that the King had been on a
luxurious elephant hunting
holiday in Botswana (news
of the safari leaked to the
press because the King
injured his hip on the trip) .
Spaniards were angry that
their King had been on an
expensive vacation while
the country was struggling
with 25% unemployment.
So, as he left hospital, Juan
Carlos apologised to waiting
cameras. "I 'm very sorry. I
made a mistake. It won't
happen again," he said.
////////////
David
Cameran
British Prime
Minister
David
Cameron was recently on a
state trip to India, and many
were wondering whether
he would apologise for the
Amritsar massacre. In April
1919, British troops fired on
a crowd of unarmed Indians
in Amritsar, killing up to
1,000 (at the time India was
part of the British Empire).
No British prime minister
has ever apologised for the
slaughter. And Cameron
was no exception. But he
did write in the memorial
site visitors' book, "This was
a deeply shameful event in
British history."
///////////
Julia
Cillard
Sometimes
politicians
actually do
apologise. In March 2013,
Australian Prime Minister
Julia Gillard said sorry for
Australia's policy of forced
adoptions. Between 1955
and 1975, the Australian
government forced many
young and unmarried
mothers to put their babies
up for adoption (because
they didn't think the women
were capable of raising the
children by themselves) .
"To you, the mothers who
were betrayed by a system
that gave you no choice
and subjected you to
manipulation. mistreatment
and malpractice, we
apologise ... For the loss, the
grief, the di sempowerment,
the stigmatisation and
the guilt, we say sorry,"
Gillard made the apology
to a crowd Ofl ,ooo people
(including many of the
affected mothers), and she
received a standing ovation.
Maybe a few politicians can
learn from Julia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB3KKwXvw2U
~~~~~~~~~~
I hope you enjoyed listeing and reading it
Best Regards
ACME
.