ZeroGravity, ultimately, I agree... Daroc, silence is a response, but it does NOT emphatically mean yes or no, as in engraved in stone for all situations... Like the words we speak, depending on tone, inflection, and body language, certain words take on different meanings - and that's not to mention the individual personality speaking those words, or responding in silence.
You know, what is deep, over the years I have observed women as they "spoke" so powerfully with the entirety of their anatomies, that I have concluded that women are divinely gifted masters of communication. Because of societal taboos against women being too aggressive in their sensual and sexual advances, they've developed this incredible word of bodily communication that, I must admit, is thoroughly mind-blowin'...
I've never read a piece of poetry or literature, or heard oratory more powerful than the look I've received from women upon making eye-contact with them, or seeing one of their sexy smiles and giggles... Maybe, that's a human thing... Perhaps, they get the same thrill from that eye-contact I get, but they seem to understand it's power in ways I don't.. (smile!) Now, on the other hand, there's the SILENT TREATMENT...and, now, dat don't mean yes by any stretch of the imagination!(smile!)
Peace!
Isaiah