Recently there has been some buzz about President Obama bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia. Even though many people are outraged, it seems to me that they outraged for the wrong reasons. All I hear about, from the people who care, is this and that about protocol. But to me it is more than that. President Obama is the appointed leader of a country of free men (and women and what ever else they wish to be called). A free man bows to no king. It is not a matter of protocol, but a matter of principle. To bow to a king as a free man shows how little respect one has for the principal of freedom. I don't care if it is the custom. Customs which degrade the free man are not to be abided by.
I know this example may be a little too extreme for some, but I think it's the best way to get my point across; but if the custom were for the king to be called "master", then would it have been right for President Obama to abide by that custom? Of course not! In my eyes it's the same thing. A free man bows to no king!
And for those of you still don't think it was a bow, it was. And for those of you think this is just because I dislike President Obama, it's not. If it was just a reaction, I can understand it, but it doesn't make it any more right.
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