Nicely, temperately put, both of you. I agree, there is no truly right answer we can reach by analysis alone - although analysis is a useful tool for eliminating the demonstrably wrong answers we're getting from some parties.
Manatee's divorce analogy is an interesting one, although I'm thinking of it from the other end of the process. There's a school of thought that says we can have all the benefits of marriage without the long term commitment, and another that says the true benefit is the long-term commitment. In international terms, our commitment means that we look to the rest of the world like caring, involved partners, not self-centred fair-weather friends.
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