To: chessplayer
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Newt does have a point.
12 posted on
04/08/2009 5:50:36 AM PDT by
krb
(Obama is a miserable failure.)
To: krb
That is a simple and common practice in the mideast to show friendship; nothing more, nothing less.
17 posted on
04/08/2009 5:54:50 AM PDT by
Eagle Eye
(Defending RINOs is the same as defending Liberals.)
To: krb
I don’t like the hand holding either, but it is not the same as bowing. Bowing implies submission.
To: krb
He has no point. Men walking hand in hand is a sign of friendship. Bowing is a sign of subservience and subordination.
They’re completely different gestures with completely different meanings.
Besides, Newt said nothing of the hand-holding. He said Bush bowed. It never happened. Newt is flat wrong.
To: krb
I have my issues with GWB, but there is no comparison in this case.
To: krb
From what I understand, holding one's hand or greeting one with a kiss implies a partnership. Not to say it isn't a mistake or a bad move.
To my knowledge, bowing before a monarch implies subservience.
I know our country and President Bush may have had some crappy "partners" throughout history, but I don't think we've ever bowed to acknowledge their superiority over us.
O'Reilly sort of equated the bow with the hand-holding and generally brushed the issue away. I think there is a distinct difference.
To: krb
Newt does have a point. But, if he combs his hair just right, we won't be able to see it.
31 posted on
04/08/2009 6:08:46 AM PDT by
TankerKC
(Revenge and Envy--the new Principles of Freerepublic?)
To: krb
Going hand in hand is done among friends, at best equals.
Bowing down is a sign of submission.
Furthermore Newt wasn’t referring to the hand in hand, but suggested that Bush was bowing down when lowering his head to receive an award.
48 posted on
04/08/2009 7:35:26 AM PDT by
SolidWood
(Palin: "We do not want to becomes slaves of Washington.")
To: krb
Actually, I have read that holding hands in this context is respect between equals. Bowing is a sign of fealty.
49 posted on
04/08/2009 7:41:34 AM PDT by
MortMan
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