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By this device one states a general principle, then caveats it so comprehensively that the end result bears no correlation at all with one’s original intent. Thus one does not merely weasel out of the original intention, but weasel your counterparty ''into'' accepting a 'whole new liability that it cannot possibly have had in mind when discussing your original proposition. | By this device one states a general principle, then caveats it so comprehensively that the end result bears no correlation at all with one’s original intent. Thus one does not merely weasel out of the original intention, but weasel your counterparty ''into'' accepting a 'whole new liability that it cannot possibly have had in mind when discussing your original proposition. | ||
This is not so much weaseling on steroids, but ''meisterwieselspiele'' at the hands of a 12th-dan weasel master. If you were a weasel playing ''[[Defender]]'', this would be like hitting the [[hyperspace]] button. | This is not so much weaseling on steroids, but ''[[meisterwieselspiele]]'' at the hands of a 12th-dan weasel master. If you were a weasel playing ''[[Defender]]'', this would be like hitting the [[hyperspace]] button. | ||
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