Quote:
"If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn and offer him your left."
In ancient times, there were two distinct types of slaps. If you've ever been slapped with the front and the back of the hand with equal pressure (not a maniacal backhand compared to a playful frontal slap) you know that the front is much worse - it leaves you with a sharp stinging sensation rather than a dull impact from the back. Well, if you picture someone before you, slap their right cheek with your right hand (the dominant hand on most people, most often used) - you hit with the front. In ancient times, this was viewed as a sign of extreme disrespect to the slapped. Basically, it's how you'd slap your servant. Now, imagine them turning their left cheek to you - if you wanted to slap them again, you'd have to give them your back hand. This was viewed as a sign of censure among equals, of a much lesser negative status. You're forcing the person to treat you as an equal, which if done from an authoritarian point of view is extremely degrading to the slapper.
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Your geometry is wrong
Let's take two people facing each other:
Code:
-=L R=-
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-=R L=-
If you slap someone in the cheek, forehand, with your right hand, you slap their LEFT cheek.
Whatever source you got the above examples from lied, or was wrong, at least once. Lacking any other information about that source, I would assume all of the examples are bullshit unless backed up with a credible source.