What to do when faced with an insult: a 200-word essay

US President Bush visited Iraq for the last time before leaving office. During a press conference, an Iraqi journalist who hated him threw shoes at him twice. But what a Bush, in these two or three seconds of lightning, he dodged one after another. What is even more amazing is that although he is called the "Cowboy President", he does not retaliate like the British Deputy Prime Minister Prescott did. Instead, he behaves calmly and smiles. He not only reassures everyone to calm down, but also jokes in return. Help yourself: "It's like someone yelling at a political rally to get attention! I'm not affected. So what if he hit me? The truth is, it was a size 10 shoe. Thank you for your concern."< /p>

Although Bush has long been notorious as a "lame duck" president, his on-the-spot reaction and answers this time still won generally positive responses.

How would politicians handle similar embarrassing situations?

Some time ago, radical legislators in Hong Kong threw bananas at Chief Executive Donald Tsang who was delivering the policy address during a meeting. Later, the last Hong Kong Governor Patten visited Hong Kong. He is known for his quick reactions and impatience. When asked by the host on a radio show what he thought of this incident, he smiled without thinking and replied that he liked to play cricket when he was a child. If it were him, he would probably catch the banana. He said: "I may not throw the banana back, but it is not bad to have it as dinner."

This veteran of British politics has once again shown the Hong Kong people what it means to be "fat."

On the contrary, in May 2001, when the British general election was in full swing, his political opponent, the "Old Labor Party" who was described as being as empty as a "beer bottle" from the neck up, and the former British deputy Prime Minister Prescott went to the North Wales city of Rhyl for a campaign event. When he got out of the car, he faced a crowd of protesters. One of the farmers threw an egg at him. Prescott, who had been an amateur boxer when he was young, showed his true character as a Labor Party tough guy and retaliated with an old punch at the demonstrator from a precise angle. The two sides immediately got into a fight and asked the bodyguard to be the "boxing referee". Separate the two of them abruptly. This piece of news was naturally a big deal in the British press, and the Labor Party's general election platform was immediately forgotten. Fortunately, the popularity of Labor Prime Minister Blair at the time was at its peak and he was eventually re-elected. Otherwise, Prescott would have become the sinner of the Labor Party. When asked what he thought of this incident, Blair said humorously and appropriately: "John is John."

In the same month, former US President Clinton was arrested when he visited the Old Town of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. An anti-globalization protester was hit in the arm with an egg. But he did not punch him like Prescott. He just took off his coat and continued to sign autographs for citizens and say hello to tourists. When someone asked him how he felt, he just smiled and said: "Those who throw eggs are not strong enough."

In fact, the humor in this aspect is attributed to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was once a Hollywood action movie star. The practice of morality is the deepest. During the campaign, when he was speaking in public, he was hit in the left arm with an egg. The assistant hurriedly wiped the egg away, but Arnold simply took off the stained coat and handed it to the assistant, continued his speech, and afterwards told reporters with a smile: "This guy still owes me a piece of bacon."

< p>Calm down, humorous, cheerful, optimistic, decent and just right, this is the best way for Western political leaders to deal with similar embarrassing situations and deal with the hostility and humiliation of the people towards them. This is also the mainstream value of Western politicians: those with political power must learn to be humble.

One of the benefits of democracy is that everyone no longer has to fear those in power. Didn’t you see that on the TV news on the same day that Bush was attacked, the American people interviewed by the reporter reacted like this: "Why did he avoid it so well? Because he has been doing this for eight years in office. This time it is just that everyone is Just saw it on the screen."

"The reporter sent this gift on behalf of the world."

"Bush should donate those shoes to be auctioned for rescue. The automotive industry. "

That's the beauty of democracy when people have the guts to say things like that publicly.