Quote Originally Posted by Vuk View Post
1. Bowing to the Saudi King.

When a president bows to a pope, that is a personal acknowledgement of the sovereignty of God over your individual soul, and the power of the pope as the way to reach it. (I am not Catholic, and this is not my belief) This is not medieval europe, and the pope does not hold the political power over rulers as you used to. Bowing to the pope is a thing of soul, and personal. Bowing to a king is something completely different and very political. We fought a war so that America would never have to bow to a king again. Obama (unfortunately) represents America now, and when our leader bows before another nation, so does America. It is symbolic, but symbols mean things. It may not have been Obama's intent, but he did a very stupid thing that shames America. America does NOT bow before ANYONE, and the leader of the American people does not before ANYONE! We fought Britain twice to prove that to the world. Obama's mistake is no small one.

Very interesting - bowing before a king is symbolic for America as a whole bowing before another country and NOT an expression of "personal" courtesy, while bowing before the pope is a completely personal and private soul thing an NOT a symbol for America as a whole bowing and expressing a specific religeous belief.
That is a very selective way of looking at the issue ... but I recognize your chuzpe of applying double standards to blatantly