Originally Posted by
jeremywhitehorn
i'd say that you have to be pretty damn angry to throw a shoe like that,and to throw two shoes! that puts your anger in what i like to call "the ridiculous range". can't blame the guy though, i'd probably throw a shoe at bush if i had the chance.
"In Arab culture it's considered rude even to display the sole of one's shoe to a fellow human being.
Certainly, crossing one's legs ankle-on-knee style should never be done in a public place for fear of offending the person next to you.
The sensitivity is related to the fact shoes are considered ritually unclean in the Muslim faith.
In addition to ritual ablutions before prayer, Muslims must take off their shoes to pray, and wearing shoes inside a mosque is forbidden."
-BBC News
