I don't need to, because your "version" is irrelevant. But, for what it's worth: What was so "utterly ridiculous" was that no one was capable of seeing that the UJA was not a treaty, but a doctrine, with the wording it had when it was launched. What was even more "utterly ridiculous" was that the last meeting ended with the conclusion that G+V had to come to an agreement on how to proceed with Algae, end then there was radio silence for 2 weeks. Up until the night when we were approached; "Sup, we sign tonight, wanna join?".
Pathetic.