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11-20-2009, 05:12 AM

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Yeah, it's called political hackery. If he hadn't bowed those same people would be saying he had bad manners and bad foreign policy.
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11-20-2009, 03:28 PM

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Having watched the NHK news regarding this incident, the overall conclusion was "Why are Americans even upset about this?"

Thankfully the Japanese can read the intention behind the gesture and not focus on the angle of the bow. Odd that some Americans are not so savvy or forgiving.
Yeah the country seems to be sliding into the journalistic cesspool that Fox calls news. I had not seen or heard anything about this issue until I showed up on this thread and one on Asia's Finest. And both are racking up readers.


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