I thought we were talking about this apologizing.....oops wrong thread.
Barack Obama should stop apologising for America - Telegraph
Barack Obama's Top 10 Apologies: How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower | The Heritage Foundation
The Obama Apology Tour Continues: No U.S. Flag in Haiti | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
Free Republic translated the
Japanese guide to manners and finds that Obama’s waiter’s bow was not only subservient and apologetic but it was mean.
".......When bowing while standing, their is the
“highest respectful bow” (saikeirei), which is executed from a position of standing straight upward, and then bending 45-degrees or more. “Respectful bow” is at 30-to-40 degrees, and everyday “eshaku” around 15-degrees.
“Saikeirei” is not seen on a regular basis, but
is used in order to offer an apology, or when one is extremely grateful for something received, as well as performed before the altar of Shinto shrines and Bhuddist temples. In case of a handshake, straighten the back, and by all means one must look directly into the face (eyes) of the recipient of one’s handshake. It is not to be too strong and not too light. Too strong will reflect an insult and too weak will not reflect good will. In America, such a weak handshake is called a “dead fish handshake”, with the feeling being that the person wielding a dead fish. And,
shaking a hand while performing a bow will be seen as subservient (”servile”, “supple”, “mean”), and is not to be done."