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Old 10-06-2010, 05:17 AM   #13
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Re: Bowing in question - Clapping?

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Alejandro Villanueva wrote: View Post
Sorry, Daren. English is not my first language and thus I'm lost at your post. Dare to put it in simple words so I can make sense of it? Thanks.
Not particularly...based upon everything you've managed to read into Willi's post I'm tempted to let you fill in the gaps yourself.

However despite my growing reluctance to bother posting on forums since inevitably whatever is posted gets chewed up and interpreted in whatever way the reader choses anyway here goes.

I think that you are making a mountain out of a mole hill.

As your not a native english speaker this simply means you seem to be reading a lot more into what Willi has said than it actually there.

Up to Willi if he wants to expand on his post but to me I read that bowing is almost universal whereas clapping in this manner is more specifically linked to calling of shinto gods. In the context provided of course.

I can see Willi's point that this might be more of a problem than bowing for some.

I don't see it as some claim that 'white peoples religion is more legitimate' than anything else.

Hope that clarifies.

D
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