Originally Posted by Placid Casual
Semantics != syntax
EDIT: Hungarian guy beat me to it.
EDIT EDIT: To redeem this post...my dad shook hands with His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I once, on the docks. Just walked up to him and stuck his hand out, knowing that most people will reflexively shake hands with you if you do this. He just wanted to be able to say that he had done it. So, I've shaken the hand that shook the hand of the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
My mom ate at a banquet in Ethiopia put on by Haile Selassie in the 70s. She said that the comparison between the decadence of the banquet inside and the poverty of the people outside was striking and very saddening.