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[[File:Side letter.png|450px|thumb|center|[[Side letter]]: a real example found on the internet. I know, right?]] | |||
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Another great [[canard]] in the pantheon of ludicrous approaches to reaching ''[[consensus ad idem]]'', the side letter is an agreement appended to the “side” of another agreement, the theory being that since it is somewhat out of sight, or pointing a slightly different direction, that people can get themselves comfortable pretending it is not, formally, there, while at the same time understanding that, substantially, it totally ''is'' there, and in fact probably operates to totally undermine the economic intention of the main razzle-dazzle agreement that everyone feels comfortable pretending ''is'' there. | Another great [[canard]] in the pantheon of ludicrous approaches to reaching ''[[consensus ad idem]]'', the side letter is an agreement appended to the “side” of another agreement, the theory being that since it is somewhat out of sight, or pointing a slightly different direction, that people can get themselves comfortable pretending it is not, formally, there, while at the same time understanding that, substantially, it totally ''is'' there, and in fact probably operates to totally undermine the economic intention of the main razzle-dazzle agreement that everyone feels comfortable pretending ''is'' there. | ||