[MR] FW: FW: A Question of Protocol

[Derrick Solomon]

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Bryant [mailto:anthony_bryant at cox.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:01 PM
To: Derrick Solomon
Subject: Re: [MR] FW: A Question of Protocol

Derrick Solomon wrote:


>>royal thrones:
>>slight bow when passing
> 
> 
> I've never really liked that custom; ISTR that when William Tell
> was asked to do that, all kinds of nastiness happened. I will bow
> to a person to show respect for them & for their office, but not
> to an empty chair or a crown or chapeau d'etat while it's not
> being worn. Think of it as one would a mundane courtroom-we rise
> for the entrance or departure of the judge, who is the
> representative of the state or the country. We do not do anything
> before the judge's seat while it is empty.

Yeah, but the cap was the cap of a tyrant. This is the 
actual throne of the king.

Totally different.


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