On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.

Let me put the point as delicately as possible Golfers are a little sensitive about the athletic status of their game.

In other parts, it doesn't. And then we have to be sensitive about how this technology can be developed and put into action in those regions.

We begin this meeting in the context of two sensitive situations, which have caused dozens of deaths, hundreds of deaths and thousands of other victims in two countries of the international community.

Those of us who enjoy the advantages of life in the relatively prosperous and 'civilized' corners of this world are not as sensitive as we believe to the injustice beyond our borders.

Closed circuit television (CCTV) in two critical locations established by members of the Mission was never investigated, witnesses working in the area identified by the Mission were not interviewed, and the most basic investigations were not carried out.

So Western diplomats who negotiate with China should call lower level officials bluff, and focus on the signal to noise ratio, bearing in mind that, ultimately, decisions are taken quietly at a higher level by pragmatic leaders who are indeed susceptible to pressure.