Bowing as an issue

I had my hair cut.

さぁさぁ、忙しくなるぞ。でも散髪したからちょっとだけスッキリした。散髪って本当に気持ちが良い。

出張支援書類もしっかり作らないと。受かる可能性は50％かな。受かると良いな！！！受かればフロリダだ。

ところでオバマ大統領が天皇皇后両陛下に対して行ったお辞儀が、米国ではちょっとしたニュースになったようだ。The Los Angeles Timesの記事はこちら。

この記事に関して、知り合いの米国人女性Dさんが次のように書いていた。

Are people REALLY upset about this?? Give me a break! Have these people every heard of cultural awareness, or at least, following the cultural norms of were people are traveling? When American women go to certain Middle East countries, they cover their hair out of respect for those countries' cultural norms. When North Americans visit Latin America, they learn to greet people buy giving 1, 2 or 3 kisses on the cheek, out of respect for cultural norms. When foreigners come to high level meetings in the US, they too adapt to our norms, so, once again.....what's the problem? Was it a simple bow, or is it perhaps an Napoleanic need to critize others in order to feel better about one's self?? I can't be sure, but I have a big feeling that it's the second option.

リベラルな意見だと思う。そして正しいと思う。ただし、ちょっと検索してみると、確かにオバマ非難の意見が多く見つかる。大国のプライドもあるのだと思う。

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