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“Silence implies consent” is a concept of social interaction, which states roughly that people tend to assume lack of response to an action as tacit approval of that action.
An example of the thought process: If nobody complains about the plastic gnome I placed in my front yard, then it must be that nobody’s bothered by it. In fact, everybody may be bothered by it; they’re just being silent. You can’t be sure that their silence truly means they are consenting to it.
On the other side of the coin, if you are being silent about an issue, be aware that others may very well be interpreting that as consent.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SilenceImpliesConsent
If a guy/girl kisses a guy/girl after a date or just randomly in the park and they stay silent it is a form of consent to keep doing it.
If you dont speak up about anything your against or for then people will assume that you are ok with what is going on or what isnt going on.
Speak up!
