Opinion

You may ask: How about if the matter is very complicated and controversial?

Alas, if the matter is complicated and difficult to appreciate the entire picture and take into the account all important considerations, it is even more important for our noble Council member to go through all the details and make the decision by his own discretion - rather than leaving it to people of an ordinary intelligence like myself. We are outside that closed door and do not have all the necessary information, and, therefore, are more likely to make the wrong judgement.

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There is yet another reason why I lost my nerve: If you agree the question at hand is easy, it becomes inexplicable why one should procrastinate and decline to declare his decision publicly.

Is it because he wishes to vote for the other side, or does he believe deferring the declaration of his intention could earn him a few more bargaining chips in the game house of politics ?

I have paranoid personality disorder, I know.

PS. The situation is somehow similar to our clinical examination. You know, the final score of a candidate does not depend very much on what answer he gives, but, more importantly, on how he gives the answer.

For example, if a student has to consider for 5 minutes before murmuring that the patient at hand is of critical condition and needs resuscitation, the student should fail - even though the answer is literally correct.