[briandear]

Polite doesn't mean creating cognitive dissonance. "Point of order" looks like the word for vagina. And agree looks like the word for stop.

Must one run their hand signals through a worldwide hand signals dictionary to assure non-offense? That's ridiculous, they're a British government agency and thus British is the only culture they should consider. Words and gestures mean different things in different places, if some Greek Muslim working for the U.K. Government is offended, that's too bad. They ought to get over it.