[jambutty]

Originally Posted by blazey

This isn't why she isn't shaking his hand and I think that is really obvious. Shaking hands is a greeting to men traditionally as a sign of being equal to one another, and muslims still follow the tradition that men are the greater sex. I think she's being quite respectful to the police officer considering, and treating him the same she'd treat any other man. Good on her I say.

And Jambutty, since when has it been a 'rule' to shake hands? I met Lolly on the bus yesterday and I didn't feel compelled to shake her hand, even though thats typically what you do when you meet someone for the first time. Don't be such a dimwit.

Did I say that it is a rule to shake hands? I don’t think so.

Your interpretation of shaking hands is as far from the truth as you can get. The reality is that men would shake hands when they met to show each other that they didn’t have a weapon in their hand. It then developed into a form of greeting when men no longer carried weapons as a matter of course, which was then extended to women as a courtesy.

I’m disappointed in you for having to resort to name calling. However, you are aware that it takes one dimwit to recognise another? So welcome to the dimwits club.