no response means compliance
My mother used to yell up the stairs when we were kids, "What do you want for dinner?" If we didn't answer her she would then yell up at us, "How about liver and spinach?" Then she would say, "No response means compliance." We learned to respond when being spoken to but not before learning to eat liver and spinach.
This is a true story, as an adult I choose not to eat liver or spinach and sometimes I still choose not to respond.
