Nixon bowed.
Well all righty then, I guess okay after all, yeesh
I’ve seen the picture. Both men are either bowing to each other at the same time, eye to eye and hands properly at sides or they are leaning toward each other in order to hear the other speak. Either way, neither looks subservient to the other.
If you can’t tell the difference between the “greeting” bow of Nixon and the “humble” bow of Obama, then there is no hope for you understanding the Japanese culture at all.
Nixon bowed to Mao Tse-Tung (almost worse)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI0GMR2w59Y
And comparing the two bows (not saying they both aren’t bad) Obama bent full on at the waist. Nixon just bent forward a bit. Still a bow, but Obama trying to explain it away, like it’s a nice gesture for their “custom” is such BS. At least Nixons looked more like a head nod, instead of a full on, subservient bow, IMO.
If it was a nice “equal” gesture is customary, BOTH people bow to each other. And I didn’t see the emporer bowing or even moving for that matter.
Obama is a putz. He’s the worst, pansy a$$ president America has ever seen, IMO.
Well, Nixon is, now, speechless. right?
I saw the video on that. While it would still be technically a bow, he only bobbled his head, not a complete bow from the waist.
IIRC, that bow is roughly 30-45 degrees, both are doing it at the same time, and their hands are at their sides: this picture is one between equals.
Leagues away from the faux pas Obama committed, bowing at the waist...and simultaneously shaking the hand of the Japanese Emperor, who remained standing.
But thanks for playing.
Well, Nixon appears to be greeting as an equal.
Obama appears to be ridiculously over bending. I'm surprises he didn't split his pants. At the same time, the Emperor gives a slight nodding bow. Obama should have done the same (like Nixon did).
Obama simply has no idea about social situations. I think he's autistic.
That’s a lie, he nodded, he didn’t bow.