Bush's Contribution to American Culture, Finally.

I see on blogs and on facebook that a lot of people are getting ready to send and/or throw shoes (sadly, only symbolically) at Bush. We are truly taking cue from our Iraqi friend.

And then it dawned on me; this could be Bush's unique contribution to American culture. We didn't know before we invaded Iraq that being hit with shoes is a supreme insults in that part of the world. And how symbolic it is!

Being Korean-American, I can tell you that, at least in Korean culture, feet are considered the dirtiest part of your body. Why? I can only guess, but I will try. Just the little bit of Korean culture that I know tells me that, again at least in Korean culture, there is no romantic notion of Mother Earth. Earth is dirt, and dirt is dirty. And so being hit with shoes that amble on this dirt, I can see why being hit with shoes in that part of the world is also an insult.

So, here we are. Bush might have inadvertently introduced the shoe as the agent of insult to American culture.