“Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying the wrong thing at any time”. Dr Bo Bennet, PhD.
A story is told of how the Prime Minister of Israel received a beautifully packaged gift from the head of a rival country. Unwrapping it revealed a small mass of putrescent faecal matter, the ultimate insult. Attached was a small card that read, “This is what we think of you.”