“Was he a homosexual or merely an eastern european following tradition thereby making Smith an intolerant bigot of multiculturalism?”
From the youtube I would say it was a heterosexual Slav following tradition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNtt8u8V1UY
I have to say, it has happened to me a couple of times and it is always startling and off-putting. Eastern Europeans already tend to crowd our sense of personal space anyway, then to suddenly be grappled and given robust, whiskery kisses on the cheek is disconcerting, to say the least.
Except for Will’s comment that they guy tried to kiss him on the LIPS.
It was cheek at first but then at the last second he tried to lip lock. That's when he got shoved back and slapped.