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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 10:27 PM Original message |
Shoe throwing is an insult only in Muslim cultures |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. You need to separate "Muslim" and Arab Culture |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Thank you for the correction |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, it's true. In Western culture, it's more of a threat. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Women have been stocking up |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You too? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh, balls |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yup. Not only do you take your shoes off when you enter a temple there |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Um, sarcasm, just as the post says, |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. gangs in the US have a thing with shoes, marking their turf on telephone lines.... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. From what I have seen of shoe throwing in Arab culture it means exactly the same thing |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. Hey, Chookie - the BBC quoted you |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yeah -- I saw that! |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You rock! |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. Cool! Neato! |
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