As another non-native English speaker, I agree with Izumi. The US-centric perception that if someone is silent, then they agree with the American point of view is just that - a perception, but not a reality. In many cultures we'll stay quiet as a sign of disagreement. veni On Feb 18, 2008 3:53 AM, Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org> wrote:
as an old time at ALAC, and non-English speaking people, I don't think silence is agreement at all, and it never was the norm either unless it was called many times for consent.
often, I ignore the things that do not make sense or worth to bother my precious time - and I know many of my colleagues have similar attitude. unfortunate, maybe, but we are busy in doing our own work in professional manners and those things go outside of our cotrol, let them be. we have no luxury of time to waste.
izumi