Comments on: Slapping Away The Extended Glove http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/31/slapping-away-the-extended-glove/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: too many steves http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/31/slapping-away-the-extended-glove/comment-page-1/#comment-38354 too many steves Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:28:02 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/31/slapping-away-the-extended-glove/#comment-38354 If you golf and bet with your golf mates you know that winning the bet is often accomplished in the negotiation of strokes prior to going off the first tee. So now we've both made firm public statements that allow both sides to avoid the appearance of backing down. I suspect that meanwhile there are lower level, or back channel, discussions going on. Or does that just make me a foolish optimist? If you golf and bet with your golf mates you know that winning the bet is often accomplished in the negotiation of strokes prior to going off the first tee.

So now we’ve both made firm public statements that allow both sides to avoid the appearance of backing down. I suspect that meanwhile there are lower level, or back channel, discussions going on.

Or does that just make me a foolish optimist?

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