please review what affirmative consent is .. it's important, especially within the context of health care.
What really puzzles me is this burning will to bend everyone else go online and demand something that only you think is right
Let's remember, they didn't politely ask OP. It was assumed.
Affirmative consent means that consent is not assumed, meaning no one need "just answer politely no".. you must ask, and receive a yes, for affirmative consent. Not saying "no", politely or otherwise, doesn't constitute consent.
It's entirely about consent, and has nothing to do with being a Luddite.