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To: johnb838
Its one of the highest insults in the Arab world. It may look silly to us, but hitting someone or image of someone with a shoe is worse than flipping the bird.
1,732 posted on 04/09/2003 5:17:36 AM PDT by thedugal (The leftists will eat crow til they sh!t feathers!)
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To: thedugal
A frat brother from Lebanon swore it was because you insinuated that the person was "manure" beneath the shoe.
1,745 posted on 04/09/2003 5:19:54 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.)
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To: thedugal
Yep,
The dirtiest, most disgusting part of your body is the bottom of your foot....

SO showing someone the bottom of your foot, or worse...TOUCHING them with your soul/shoe is like, erm...

Pooping on them.
1,767 posted on 04/09/2003 5:24:47 AM PDT by najida (Ignorance is temporary, but stupidity is forever.)
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