From: Hermit (virus@hermit.net)
Date: Thu Sep 18 2003 - 23:35:29 MDT
In the current era, most senior people in the US (corporate as well as political) have been so drilled by image consultants that their body language is designed to project exactly what they wish. Like this wonderful picture. What message do you think dubya intends to deliver here?
http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/attachments/DerFuhrerDubya-mdf359868.jpg
Der neue Fuhrer (Larry Downing/Reuters)
Or does anyone remember the footage caught off air by BBC TV of Dubya clowning around, making faces, and pumping his fist in the air as he shouted 'Feels good!' just before his address to this nation informing us that war would begin in Iraq. Footage shown widely in Europe, but not in tthe US. News anchors that night analyzed how he was so 'somber,' 'serious,' and 'had his game face on.' Source BuzzFlash (http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/03/24_groomv.html). Which "body language" should we believe?
I suggest that this means that "body language", if it exists, is largely unuseful - except possibly at a detail level - or when caught unawares. So unless you are interested in how Politicians and others think they should project themselves (according to the ever changing current interpretation of "body-language") don't pay too much attention. Especially given that "body language" is a field which, with a few exceptions well documented on the excellent "non-verbal dictionary (members.aol.com/nonverbal2/entries.htm)" site (KirkSteele, "Re: virus: communication and body language.", Reply #2, 2003-09-17 (http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=54;action=display;threadid=29280) thank you Kirkasaurus), should be viewed with extreme skepticism. A number of issues on this score are raised in the Skeptical Dictionary article (http://skepdic.com/neurolin.html) referenced on this site about "No Longer Plausible" but "NevertheLessPopular" NLP (http://reviewing.co.uk/reviews/nlp.htm).
Hermit
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