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&#39;ll stay quiet as a sign of disagreement. <br>
<br>veni<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 18, 2008 3:53 AM, Izumi AIZU &lt;<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org">iza@anr.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>as an old time at ALAC, and non-English speaking people, I don&#39;t think</div>
<div>silence is agreement at all, and it never was the norm either unless</div>
<div>it was called many times for consent.</div>
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<div>often, I ignore the things that do not make sense or worth to bother</div>
<div>my precious time - and I know many of my colleagues have similar</div>
<div>attitude. unfortunate, maybe, but we are busy in doing our own work</div>
<div>in professional manners and those things go outside of our cotrol, let</div>
<div>them be.&nbsp; we have no luxury of time to waste.</div>
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<div>izumi</div><div><div></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div>