[quote name='JWConner' timestamp='1281993128' post='2418245']
Why not accept him into CSN and force UPN to let him go? Maybe because they're not a 1/3rd of CSN's size?
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While I admit I handled the initiation of our talks poorly, I'd like to think we both walked away relatively happy. You got far more protection against Penkala or BrotherKane going rogue against you again than a single ZI would have given you, and I didn't have to wait for you to drop them back down to ZI, which they'd already been under 30 infra.
As to this situation, I hope I've learned from that of Penkala and BrotherKane, and will no longer make the mistake of starting off heavy-handed.