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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (67555)	11/23/2002 5:45:34 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Wrong................ again "When people choose to form a group and mingle they don't communicate everything about themselves they communicate what they bring to that particular group." Most people cannot control their nonverbal communication at all. It isn't a choice (generally) to reveal information via the nonverbal channels, it is just something humans do. Of course most people don't know they are reading non verbal cues either- clearly you do not understand them (your comments make that clear), but that doesn't mean they aren't read by you (although maybe you aren't any good at it- I've no way of knowing). I've no way of knowing how good you are at reading them, but you wouldn't need to understand them in order to be utilizing them.

To: one_less who wrote (67555)	11/24/2002 12:36:45 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

First of all..Non-verbal communication is irrelevant in a forum where it doesn't exist! Truly there IS non-verbal "communication", though! But what is being communicated? Is it the theory of relativity?! Is it mathematical equations?! Is it words of "I love you"!? Is it the reading of a poem?! Is it the confession of truth and love and loyalty and trust?! No! It is the hidden meaning behind the words (when the speaker is dishonest with his or her self)! It is the "EMOTIONAL" state of the person speaking. In the case of healthy and normal people, it will correspond to their words! In the case of disturbed people...it will not! There IS non-verbal communication. And it CAN help us to qualify the integrity of people in face-to-face. But it has NO relevance to how we assess people in the public realm outside of the narrow community where a few people may occasionaly physically cross paths. "When people who post regularly behave in a disingenuos manner it is easily detectable by the other posters. Its very transparent and we all recognize it." Well, there is that. And if they post with a contempt for their fellow human beings, then there is that, too...