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[angrais]

Could you please expand on WHY posture/tone/etc are important? W

[icelancer → angrais]

If it's a written deposition, it's not. If it's taped, well, you see articles like this being written about Gates being an extreme dickhead.

[gilrain → angrais]

Could you explain how it is possible not to understand that posture, tone, etc are important?

[angrais → gilrain]

I am aware that posture, tone etc are important factors in communication. My question above asked WHY they are important in this context. Specifically, why the OP thinks they are important given they have been in such a scenario.

[Treblemaker → gilrain]

No. If someone makes the claim, "X is important", it's perfectly reasonable to ask them to substantiate that claim.