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April 30, 2005
Georgie and Abby, sitting in a tree
George Bush has never looked cuter. Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah were holding hands while apparently discussing important issues, but as expected, people were mostly interested in the hand-holding.
Nail al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabian Embassy spokesman in Washington, D.C., has been surprised by the interest in the hand-holding pictures. "We've gotten more calls on this particular thing than actually what was said," he said, referring to the meetings about oil production, the Middle East and terrorism.
Are westerners being shown that the line between homo-whatever and "normal" male behaviour not that clear? I do like the idea of male-male relationships, neither familiar nor homosexual, being protrayed as simply deep, noble friendships rather than necessarily anything sexual. Romantic, perhaps, like relationships that can develop in times of war and deep strife. Those relationships used to be seen for what they were; love stemming from respect, honour and valour. Male virtues. These things seem to have been forgotten. I am afraid that I may have never had them. There are many reasons for this that I won't get into here, but I will say that I think that there are many things at play: civil rights, feminism, gay rights, social "progression" as a whole. It is these things that explain why people are more interested in Bush's handholding than what Bush said, and why I am not as kind as I might have been if I were born in the 30s.
Posted by JonasParker at April 30, 2005 8:32 AM
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