As someone who had his pale, blond, Pennsylvania Dutch choir
director throw his shoes (leather loafers, natch) at us whenever we
were clearly slacking, I have always been bemused by the apparent
need to insert context into a clear insult.
As for the reporter in question, not only do you have rumours that
he has been detained and beaten (the Angry Arab's blog) but a
separate report that "[t]wo other Iraqi journalists were detained
after one called the shoe-thrower 'courageous'â€.
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