[newacct583]

> It’s still a negotiation tactic.

Which is exactly what I said it was, and not consistent with your framing of departure as a "perfectly logical thing to do".

I'm happy we agree.

[scarface74]

Why isn’t negotiating a perfectly logically thing to do? You use the weapons you have.

[newacct583]

In the sentence to which I replied, the antecedent to "that" (in "That’s a perfectly logical thing to do") was not "negotiating" it was "leaving the state".

I genuinely can't follow your point. These goalposts are moving too fast, sorry.