Gee, I don't know, maybe if you invaded a country because they had "Weapons of Mass Distruction" and it turns out that they didn't you could at least say, "Oops! My bad".
-Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Beth Benoit <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 6, 2010 11:20 am Subject: Re: [tips] Reminder of This Day In History: Hiroshima To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > I found this sentence in the Christian Science Monitor particularly > interesting: > > Some Japanese still want an apology for the atomic bombings of > Hiroshima and > Nagasaki... > > http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0806/Hiroshima- > 65-years-later-US-attends-ceremony-but-offers-no-apology > > An apology for an act of war is a concept I don't think I've > heard of often. > Should there be? Who should apologize? > > Actually, the British government's apology for covering up the > actions of > their soldiers in Northern Ireland recently came close. > But as I recall, > the apology was for the coverup that was found. (I could > be wrong about > that.) > > So, what do you all think about the necessity for, or > expectation of, an > apology for an act of war? > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=4032or > send a blank email to > leave-4032-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4036 or send a blank email to leave-4036-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
