Evan and all my friends, I agree sometimes silence is just silence. But with ICANN staff/bod members that paradigm doesn't compute very well. I am glad to read that the ALAC is trying to eliminate the false notion that Silence is normally construed as being in agreement. I interpret that to mean silence is not always a good thing and is in the decision as to when to be silent, in the hands of every individual. Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Jeffrey A. Williams wrote:
Had everyone been silent, that may have been construed as being in agreement with your earlier contention.
Sometimes, silence is just silence.
The inference of "silence means consent" is a cultural artefact of ALAC that some of us are actively trying to eliminate.
- Evan
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