Mark_McCracken said...

Mark_McCracken at 12:32 AM JST - 21st November

I see Japan Today is milking the for all it's worth. One picture, one article, one poll.

Unfortunately you are asking the wrong question. The question is whether Obama bowed improperly. A slight bow would have been OK, I think, but the Obama's bow was too deep.

Posted in Should President Barack Obama have bowed to the emperor while he was in Japan? at 12:32 AM JST - 21st November
Mark_McCracken at 07:46 PM JST - 17th November

Often 2 people can have deep respect for each other, but it is rather rare and odd for 2 people to defer to each other. That's the difference.

So the Emperor, by not bowing deeply, is showing his lack of deep respect for Obama. Is that correct?

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 07:46 PM JST - 17th November
Mark_McCracken at 07:28 PM JST - 17th November

Mr. Obama is showing deep respect, which is not to be confused with showing deference...

How can you tell the difference, specifically?

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 07:28 PM JST - 17th November
Mark_McCracken at 08:48 AM JST - 17th November

Obama is bowing incorrectly. His bow is too deep.

If this bow is the correct way world leaders greet each other in Japan, then why isn't the Emperor bowing the same deep way?

The Emperor knew the correct protocol. Obama did not.

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 08:48 AM JST - 17th November
Mark_McCracken at 08:12 AM JST - 17th November

Meanwhile, an unnamed, senior Obama administration official told the Politico.com news site that the president had simply been observing protocol.

Unnamed, I suppose, to avoid the embarrassment of being associated with protocol officials who don't know how to bow.

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 08:12 AM JST - 17th November
Mark_McCracken at 01:07 PM JST - 15th November

I suppose you can watch Fox, CNN and MSNBC in Japan - if you have cable.

Posted in CNN finding that prime-time success is elusive at 01:07 PM JST - 15th November
Mark_McCracken at 01:16 AM JST - 15th November

Here's US Ambassador Douglas MacArthur, Jr. greeting then Emperor Hirohito back in 1957. Compare that with Obama above and you can see the difference.

http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=U1131582&ext=1

Posted in Meet and greet at 01:16 AM JST - 15th November
Mark_McCracken at 08:28 PM JST - 14th November

Good for President Obama, showing respect for friends and observing local customs, nothing wrong with that at all.

He's not observing the local customs. He's doing it wrong. He's bowing too deeply. That deep a bow is commonly associate with subservience or extreme regret. That deep a bow (minus the…

Posted in Meet and greet at 08:28 PM JST - 14th November
Mark_McCracken at 01:19 PM JST - 14th November

Way too deep a bow for a head of state.

Posted in Meet and greet at 01:19 PM JST - 14th November
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