Can in our imperfection still end up bowing to another person.
If a person believes something just because someone says it, not because they think and feel what it means, or if a person lies to gain favor, or falsly compliment a person, they bow to them. When a person gives their abilities to think and feel to another out of fear, they bow to them. Or when ever they do what they feel or think is wrong, for another person they bow. I think people should use the mind and heart gave to them to decide what they stand for.
So I agree people should not bow to any person. I believe we are taught to stand.
People are more good then bad, and bad has limited resources, so the more people that stand for truth, love, kindness, justice, and the better things that in my belief are part of the spirit of God, then the better the world is.
But also know that if a person strike for self gain, they are no different then those they strike against, if they do for what they believe is best based on truth love and justice for all people, then they fight for that ideal.
I think it is about systems, and who runs those systems and for what purpose. Since we all have flaws, any system will also have flaws, but transparency, and the ability to rotate who is in charge of those systems based on representative forms of governance, seems to have better outcomes then ideological systems where the people pick who is in the class that makes decisions on society.
Again, a song I love, with love, peace, and justice the world only gets better.
Dido Here With Me - Battlestar Gallactica - With Pegasus - the winged horse. (I think of horses as the symbol of heavenly angels, since horses are the servants to all mankind.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKAeSGFBYo