Oscar Night 2022 will go down in history not because of the movies and their stars, but because of a tangible scene between standup comedian and host Chris Rock and actor Will Smith. The latter had come on stage and … Continue reading Will Smith & Chris Rock Tussle Over Hair – Literally; But Will Smith Was Right
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and former Archbishop of Munich, Joseph Ratzinger came under pressure because of the abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Munich. He is accused of not having done anything about the misconduct at the time. After the … Continue reading Ratzinger’s Apology On The Abuse Scandal In Check
Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Nils Lofgren, and a number of other musicians have had their songs removed from the streaming platform Spotify, and if Twitter is to be believed, plenty of users have had their Spotify accounts closed as well. … Continue reading Spotify Controversy: Did Joe Rogan Really Apologize? No, He Didn’t!
Sir Karl Popper, the Austrian-British philosopher, already stated immediately after the collapse of the Nazi regime in his book The Open Society and Its Enemies that tolerance is not always justified. It is, in other words, OKAY to be intolerant … Continue reading Empathy Stops At The Empathy-less
My book Sorry Not Sorry: The Art of Not Apologizing (right now in German only) is in bookstores as of today, and to pique your interest, I want to show you the structure of non-apologies using three recent examples. Example … Continue reading Sorry Not Sorry: Laschet Laughs, Camel Driver, Juventus
Occasionally, someone messes up badly and is then forced to apologize publicly. Which, strictly speaking, is done far too rarely anyway. But even a not insignificant number of these rare apologies are, on closer inspection, not really apologies. Often we … Continue reading Pilnacek: The apology that is not an apology at all – An analysis
As little as one can foresee a pandemic, or an economic crisis, or the onset of winter in December, excitement about one’s own person is just as unpredictable. What does the public know about the burdens and duties of a … Continue reading The Art of the Non-Apology