Okay - we all know that in many cultures embracing and kissing of cheeks is part of good manners - like in the english speaking world we shake hands.
I was told by a french friend that to pull away when somebody goes to kiss your cheek in a social situation is as rude as snatching your hand behind your back when offered a handshake. (I cringe though when somebodys child whom I have never met offers each cheek in turn to be kissed in social introductions.)
I note that the kissing is more common in the South. But are witlesses viewed as stand offish, or even rude? The Society apparently has told witnesses not to greet each other with a kiss at meetings (might lead to SEX) Is this also seen as strange? Do the dubs ignore this as an american prejudice (like not being allowd a glass of wine with dinner on a meeting night).
Is this also the case in other cultures?
Whatever happened to Pauls words "greet each other with a holy(ie pure in motive) kiss"?
HB