<p dir="ltr">Good points.<br>
Looking back at the tensed situation of the past, it becomes interesting to see China accepting to co-chair.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I remember the issue with the Indian chap who represented or stood for Civil Society wish raised so much tension and allegations on U.S. in imposing. .......</p>
<p dir="ltr">How did it go?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 2 Jul 2015 15:55, "Norbert Bollow" <<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:54:38 +0100<br>
Sonigitu Ekpe <<a href="mailto:soekpe@gmail.com">soekpe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hello Nobert,<br>
><br>
> It is great to have an opinion but it is wrong to request for an<br>
> explanation from one who is not your subordinate. If am wrong correct<br>
> me.<br>
<br>
I strongly disagree. [Or maybe you simply understood the word<br>
"explanation" in "I'd be interested in an explanation of what you see as<br>
awesome about this. (Or was the remark intended to be an expression of<br>
irony???)" differently from how I meant it?]<br>
<br>
In fact there are various kinds of situations where requesting an<br>
explanation is not only not wrong, but the appropriate step to take.<br>
<br>
For example, my recent request for an explanation was in a context of<br>
intercultural communications, where it was not totally clear to me<br>
whether a remark was meant as irony or not. So I think that there was<br>
nothing wrong with requesting an explanation. The alternative would<br>
have been to simply make an assumption of my own on how I think that<br>
the remark was meant.<br>
<br>
More generally, there are many kinds of situations where communication<br>
is not likely to achieve its objectives when requests for explanations<br>
are not made or not honored. On the other hand, it is also possible for<br>
requests for explanations to hinder rather than help the objectives<br>
which the communication process is intended to achieve or help achieve.<br>
That will depend very much on many aspects of the situation, but I<br>
don't see how whether someone is my subordinate or not would enter into<br>
it, except that for a subordinate I would in regard to some topic areas<br>
have the right to not only request but in fact demand an explanation.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
<br>
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