tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post7458124254085264597..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Deeply-held principlesJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-88116519729900512422023-03-03T17:55:28.616+00:002023-03-03T17:55:28.616+00:00It's cynical but may be the case that the tric...It's cynical but may be the case that the trick of negotiating an agreement between parties holding irreconcilable positions is to find a form of words that is capable of totally different interpretations depending on who's reading it. Storing up problems for the future maybe, but, hey, peace in our time O Lord. Success in these circumstances would depend not so much on what was actually agreed but on the desire of the parties to be seen to agree to, er, something, and on their ability to brush nit-pickers aside in the short term.Gavnoreply@blogger.com