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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 04 2012 @ 04:32 PM EDT |
Of course there is a lot of evasiveness in his answers, and a lot of them are
rambling explanations that don't actually answer the question as asked. This is
not the least bit surprising, and does not in itself constitute being
"rude". Mr. Gates was not the first witness to give rambling,
non-responsive replies to a lawyer's questions, and I'm sure he won't be the
last.
I have read more of the document now (I'm up to page 53) and I still haven't
seen anything I would call "rudeness", with one exception: there were
several answers where he apparently interrupted the questioner to continue
adding to a previous answer. Evasiveness, sure. And the transcript does give
the impression in several places that he was sort of annoyed or miffed by the
questions--as if the questioner were ignoring his answers and doggedly
proceeding with his own interpretation of the truth (not matching Bill Gates's
interpretation). Which of course he was--getting straight answers out of Bill
Gates under oath appears to be a difficult process, like pulling teeth.
Anyway, to my mind "rude" means condescending, or impolite, or
contemptuous.. which the transcript does not really convey. (Is the video
itself available somewhere? That would be quite interesting to watch.)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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