I hope so. You've been around here a long time and are the last person I would expect to make excuses. When the going gets tough the tough get going. The whole handshake thing is to try to show who's in control. I do it all the time with people I don't like. Rather than avoiding the handshake, I grasp firmly, and when my adversary tries to pull away, I squeeze a little tighter and hold another second or so, until I decide the handshake is over. It really pisses people off and that's why I do it.
OH THANK YOU! A new way to piss people off. I need new material, the whole 'killing everyone in your entire race in sprawling death camps' thing is getting so old.....