Blogswarm - Online Political News Magazine

read the FAQ!

Some of us -- hopefully most of us -- are trying to understand and appreciate the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the rest of the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you over, please remember that some of us -- hopefully most of us -- are truly, truly sorry. And we'll say we're sorry, even on the behalf of the ones who aren't.

I am pleasantly surprised at and slightly inundated by the volume of submissions! This site is still sort of in alpha, but rest assured we will work out the kinks and get everyone's pictures up. I have also posted some rough submission guidelines.

I've also received a bit of hate mail. I would lampoon these people publicly, but the type of person who sends hate mail to a website is generally too easy of a target. Anyway, hate mail is how you know you've made it. Keep it coming, guys.

The FAQ.



Q: What's this site about?

A: Most people who think carefully understand that Americans are not really 
any more jingoistic or xenophobic than people in other countries, but it 
never hurts to reinforce, especially considering what happened on November 
2nd, 2004. What must it have looked like to the world outside our borders? 
America proudly re-appointed her reckless, incompetent and corrupt government. 
How much of America? Fifty-two percent. The rest of us are aghast and dismayed.

Lots of fuss is made about the 'global village.' The Internet was supposed to 
make communication between cultures, countries and peoples painless and easy. 
It was supposed to build bridges. But it doesn't do this automatically; some-
body has to reach out. The Internet was supposed to lead to education and under-
standing. It doesn't. Rarely do people on the internet apologize. I thought it 
was high time. The world needs to understand that there are people in America 
who don't like what our government is doing. And from the mail I'm receiving, 
there are people in the international community who appreciate this.

Also, come on, it's kind of amusing.



Q: I sent you a submission. Why wasn't it posted?

A: There are two possibilities: one is that we haven't gotten to yours yet 
-- there is quite a backlog -- and one is that yours was rejected for one reason 
or another. I'm afraid the volume of submissions makes it impossible for me to 
reply to each one personally. Thank you for each and every one, though.



Q: Why would a submission be rejected?

A: By far the most common reason is that your submission doesn't contain a 
picture. This site is about pictures. I will rarely post captions underneath 
them. Your text-based apologies and comments are always welcome, but I can't say 
they'll be publicly displayed. Thanks, again.

A submission can also be rejected for being too incendiary ("Where's Lee Harvey 
Oswald when you need him?"), too large (the limits are 250KB and 640px by 604px), 
too tangential (this site isn't about caricatures of Bush or other drawings un-
related to apology), or too illegible (please, don't write a novel, and please, 
make your writing readable to the camera).



Q: Are you ashamed to be an American?

A: No. Are you ashamed to be a human?



Q: Why are you self-flagellating?

A: Self-flagellation is a bit self-focused, isn't it? I want to give people a 
place to express their sympathy with the dismay of the rest of the world at this 
election result.



Q: This is so pointless! Why aren't you out REALLY supporting your cause? You 
know, volunteering, canvassing, running for office? You should be ashamed!

A: Who are you to say we're not? The second picture on our front page is a 
gentleman who has been canvassing for Kerry for the last three months. He's walked 
from door to door so much that his calves have turned into carbide steel. Don't 
you dare assume that we're not doing our part, just because we spared ten seconds 
to hold a sign up to a camera.



Q: Why don't you just accept that Bush won and get on with your lives?

A: We have. That's why we're so sorry.



Q: Bush rules, Kerry drools. So there.

A: Have a lolly.



Q: Why does your HTML suck?

A: Because I suck at HTML. Wanna lend a hand in any way? Drop me a line at 
sorryeverybody@gmail.com.