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Apologizing for Colloquial Slurs: This Could – and Should – Be One of Those Cases

In Apologetic rhetoric on May 7, 2011 at 2:25 am

Claiming that offensive language is common only demonstrates that an apology is needed that much more.

That’s the gist of the story out of Wisconsin, where a county supervisor made the following remark during a board meeting: “We jewed ’em down some.”

That was his response when asked about the county’s dealings with a contractor. Chances are he didn’t mean to offend anyone. He may not have even known the implications of what he was saying.

The problem is, now that

Thirsting for a Difference?

In Rwanda on December 27, 2010 at 12:54 pm

Let’s try something. See if you can count how many times you’ve walked by a faucet or water fountain already today.

Now imagine this: What if all those faucets disappeared and you had to walk an hour to get a jug of

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