" Elegant silence " or something else ?

Sweet- and smooth-taking mind-guards of PM Abdullah have suggested that Abdullah is right in maintaining "elegant silence" vis-a-vis former PM Mahathir's criticisms, but it seems to this blogger - who sembang-sembang with more wiser and disinterested people over the weekend- that there are simultaneously other interpretations of the silence, which include the following lines:

1. Dr. Mahathir is vocal for berani kerana benar, and Abdullah has to maintain silent for takut kerana salah;

2. Abdullah maintains silent because his oratory and debating skill as well as persuasive power are not as effective as Dr. Mahathir's;

3. Abdullah maintains silent because he is still silently shocked and awed by Dr. Mahathir's sudden and no-hold-bar criticisms and has not reached consensus with his muddle-headed mind-guards and mind-conditioners (whose intellectual levels have not broken beyond or higher than those cheap Hong Kong, Hollywood or Bollywood soap operas' scripts) on how to respond;

4. The inner circle of Abdullah is afraid that response to Dr. Mahathir's criticisms would lead to more debates and may reveal more other controversies in governmental decision-making in the process;

5. Abdullah has actually communicated with Dr. Mahathir privately without the knowledge of the mass of his mind-guards and mind-controllers (some of them may actually be lobbyists for foreign capital and other foreign interests) who try to isolate him (Abdullah) from smarter advisers and critics for their (mind-guards and mind-controllers) own exploitation and manipulation.

Don't ever underestimate the political sopistication of the rakyat jelata on the ground. The pelanduk-pelanduk are now more educated and politically conscious than before.