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Thread: In Arab culture, throwing shoes is a grave sign of disrespect
Sasaki Kojiro 23:07 12-14-2008


“This is the farewell kiss, you dog,” the man shouted in Arabic.



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seireikhaan 23:28 12-14-2008
Nice reflexes by ol' George. I'm mildly impressed.

EDIT: The appropriate response, of course, would be:

"Now who throws a shoe? Honestly! You fight like a woman!"

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Tribesman 00:00 12-15-2008
Funny as **** .
Who remembers the TV footage of Saddams statues and the shoes with the commentator saying locals shoes really show the contempt for Saddam and his policies ?
But antway since Bush is celebrating the provisional acceptance of Iraqi(Iranian) terms how does that leave all the other members of the coilition of the gullible once January comes around ?

On another note both shoes struck the American flag , showing such disrespect to the banner of freedom surely deserves a response in the strongest manner possible , hence I put forward the motion that all freedom loving American patriots should apply pressure to their reprasentatives to invade Iraq now , especially as it is rumoured that the shoes in question had insoles to fight odour and as such would contain chemicals that are on the UN proscribed list for Iraq .
These shoes in the wrong feet could be turned into weapons of mass destruction , we must act now in case Iraqi journalists join with Al-Qaida and before you know it the good citizens of NY will be bombarded with terrorist shoes on the MTA....for the sake of freedom invade Iraq now or we will be facing shoes in our own homelands tomorrow .
Now some of you liberal weenyanti american cheese eating surrender monkeys might say that the link between journalist and Al-qaida is weak , but I ask you to google for facts andyou will discover that the overwhelming majority of Al-qaida links you find originate with journalists .
That is irrefutable evidenc of the link between journalists and Al-qaida , one manifestation of which you have just witnessed on you-tube .
Act now .

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Crazed Rabbit 00:39 12-15-2008
Great gif Sasaki.

I have to hand it to George, he dodged that pretty well.

And he had an appropriate reaction after the whole incident too.

CR

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CountArach 00:46 12-15-2008
I think the Journalist did well to get to his second shoe.

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Louis VI the Fat 00:59 12-15-2008
Impressive reflexes! Bush is dodging that shoe almost as well as he dodged service in Vietnam!

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Alexanderofmacedon 00:59 12-15-2008
Hilarious and well deserved.

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Goofball 19:17 12-15-2008
I'm not gonna lie, I was grudgingly impressed not only with how easily Bush dodged the incoming shoe, but also that he did so with a certain amount of panache...

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Vladimir 19:36 12-15-2008
Once people are finished with the Obamagasm they're really going to miss 'ol 43.

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Evil_Maniac From Mars 20:26 12-15-2008
Originally Posted by Goofball:
I'm not gonna lie, I was grudgingly impressed not only with how easily Bush dodged the incoming shoe, but also that he did so with a certain amount of panache...
Agreed.

Originally Posted by HoreTore:
He's still facing a possible two years jail time. So whatever....
Better than a long drop and a short stop.

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drone 22:16 12-15-2008
Some American journalist should have done that years ago. The only thing they threw at W when it would have really mattered were softballs.

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spmetla 22:21 12-15-2008
Isn't throwing shoes at someone a grave sign of disrespect in any culture?

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Furunculus 22:42 12-15-2008
nah, just considered rude in most of them.

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Fragony 03:35 12-16-2008
Originally Posted by spmetla:
Isn't throwing shoes at someone a grave sign of disrespect in any culture?
Muha! I'd say.

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Hosakawa Tito 21:00 12-15-2008
Originally Posted by Goofball:
I'm not gonna lie, I was grudgingly impressed not only with how easily Bush dodged the incoming shoe, but also that he did so with a certain amount of panache...
Yeah, not bad for a guy that can't chew pretzels and breath at the same time. However, I am disappointed that a secret service agent didn't dive in front of George and take that barrage of shoes for POTUS. Miliki should have caught George in the face with a cream pie as he ducked just for laughs!

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Devastatin Dave 21:19 12-15-2008
Was the guy yelling "Armani Akbar!!!" when he threw the shoe?

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Vladimir 16:57 12-16-2008
http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=15287

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
On December 14, 2008 President Bush and Prime Minister Maliki had a press conference in Baghdad. An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes one at a time at the American president. Interestingly Mr. Bush moved very quickly and dodged the shoes so none of them hit him. Apparently he is physically very fit and might have an extensive experience in dodge ball. Most likely dodge shoes becomes the favorite game of children who watch Al-Jazirah. I am wondering if the angry man had thrown the shoes at his own current leaders who welcomed Mr. Bush, would Prime Minister Maliki or President Talibani have been fit enough to protect themselves from being hit; probably not.





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Papewaio 21:46 12-15-2008
Like all politicians he is good at ducking spin from journalists. He did do it in style.

Pretzels 1 : Journo's 0

I wonder if any SS will get in trouble for their lack of reaction speed.

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Vladimir 15:58 12-16-2008
http://flash.vg.no/grafikk/2008/bush/kast_sko.html

Go Norway!

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LittleGrizzly 16:23 12-16-2008
So just about everything on this clay grown tall, that's good because that means we can just neglect just about everything on this clay grown tall and just shoot them wherever we find them (borrowed but if it's old it is at least wise unless it's really stupid)

I think its some kind of counter point your making but it has gone completely over my head, what is this clay grown tall ?

can you make your point again but in simple english...

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Fragony 17:54 12-16-2008
Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly:
what is this clay grown tall ?

can you make your point again but in simple english...
No less then the greatest example of english poetry what are you english kids up to while we study??

Futility

Move him into the sun - <
Gently its touch awoke him once, <
At home, whispering of fields unsown. <
Always it woke him, even in France, <
Until this morning and this snow. <
If anything might rouse him now <
The kind old sun will know. < life

Think how it wakes the seeds, - <
Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. <
Are limbs, so dear-achieved, are sides, <
Full-nerved,- still warm,- too hard to stir? < one valid question
Was it for this the clay grew tall? < guess it is, clay=planet
- O what made fatuous sunbeams toil
To break earth's sleep at all? < hence futility

Written by a soldier during the battle of the Somme in France, I cannot think of a more powerful outcry.

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Kekvit Irae 18:02 12-16-2008
Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 


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Hosakawa Tito 18:27 12-16-2008
In all the media hub-bub I wonder if anyone reflects upon the fact that an Iraqi journalist had the ability/chutzpah/freedom from instant annihilation of family/friends/associates that would have resulted if he had tried that a mere 6 years ago...

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KarlXII 00:34 12-18-2008
Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
Bush just plays Alliance.

Originally Posted by :
I would have toss the shoe back! Why Not? Tell him to take it with him with his new terroist buddies in Jail.
Lol. Shoe throwing=Terrorism. I'm terrified.


Oh, and the SS thing, it's not that the fact he threw the shoe, no one saw that coming, it is that the journalist was given enough time to bend down, pick up, and throw the other shoe with no SS in sight.

Or did they get cold feet?

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