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After around 30 s, Kienzle tries to interrupt Lafontaine accusing him of
abandoning the Libyan rebels. Kienzle leans his upper torso forward and points
his index finger at Lafontaine (Fig. 3.2 ).
Kienzle: “Wenn ich Sie richtig verstehe ::: Wenn ich Sie richtig verstehe ::: a-la,
jetzt, kein Wahlkampfreden, kein Wahlkampfreden.” (“ If I get your point ::: If I get
your point ::: a-la. No electoral propaganda now. No electoral propaganda. ”)
3.7.3
Stage 3: Response to Accusation
A challenge is usually met by a response. The stance of the responding party is
often annoyed, irritated, or even angry. The response can take different alternative
forms. It can, for example, be a smile, trying to make the attack (or the attacker)
seem ridiculous, irrelevant, or unimportant. Very often, however, the response is
a direct counterattack, which can concern the content of the attack (Fig. 3.3a, b
above) and/or the right to speak (claiming the floor back). The speaker can also
show exaggerated surprise or shock at the attacker's utterance or impoliteness in
interrupting (Fig. 3.4 ). Finally, the attacked speaker can simply override the attacker
by just continuing his/her speech and ignoring the attack (Fig. 3.5 ).
In relation to the five models of conflict stages, Glasl's “debate,” Hocker and
Wilmot's “confrontation,” and possibly Brahm's “escalation” are relevant, if we
allow for the fact that the stages in their original form probably in all cases were to
be seen as stages in more long-term conflicts than the ones we are considering.
Fig. 3.3
Moratti responding: irritated ( a ) and also accusing (counterattack) ( b ) (Debate 3)
Moratti (Fig. 3.3a ): “la commissione antimafia in consiglio comunale non
avrebbe avuto competenze/noi abbiamo chiesto al prefetto e sulla base di quello
che la prefettura ci ha indicato abbiamo preso una decisione” (“ the anti-mafia
commission in Milan would have had no powers/we asked the prefect and based
on what he told us we took our decision ”)
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