By now, I'm sure everyone out there has heard about the whole journalist-throws-his-shoe-at-the-President thing.  Big news, very exciting.  

But get this, gangstarrs--according the cnn.com, the throwing of a shoe is considered an INSULT IN THE MUSLIM WORLD.  (Thanks to CNN for blowing the lid off this one.)

I mean, what the heck, right?  How can two cultures as fundamentally different as ours and their ever really hope to get along. 

Imagine a world where you can no longer throw your shoe at a waiter in lieu of leaving a tip.  A world where you can't throw a shoe at your mother for Christmas as a last minute gift.

Honestly, and I hate to use this word, it's barbaric.