Re: the shoe thing
Serious question about Iraqi culture: does anyone understand the symbolism of shoes?
Britain "is not worth an old shoe."
"We will welcome them with bullets and shoes."
No one received them with roses. They were received with bombs, shoes and bullets.
About Bush and Rumsfeld: "Those only deserve to be hit with shoes."
When the famous statue came down, what did that kid we all saw on the video do? Hit it with his shoe. What gives - anyone know? (Niven and Pournelle fans may think of Footfall; I did.)