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Just say you are sorry.' It has become one of the drumbeats of the age. Fresh apologies are demanded every week: from broadcasters, politicians, errant spouses, disgraced bankers, myopic referees. Sometimes an apology is forthcoming, and honour is satisfied. But, for many people, the S-word proves a bridge too far: they shrink from using it even when common sense tells them that they should.
How have we got ourselves into such a tangle over a simple two-syllable word? The English used to be world-champion apologisers: a nature of inveterate sorry-sayers. Now they hardly know if they are coming or going.
Written by serial apologiser Max Davidson, a man who believes in saying he is sorry, then waiting to be told what he is sorry for. Sorry! examines the origins and history of the word sorry'; dissects some of the reasons that apologies are seen as a sign of moral weakness; explores the religious notion of sincere contrition; considers the legal consequences of admitting liability; and casts a sceptical eye over the fashion among politicians for apologising for things that happened in the distant past. Some famous apologies are saluted; some famous failures to apologise deplored.
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| ISBN 13: | 9781849014144 |
| ISBN 10: | 1849014140 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Released: | 01/12/2010 |
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