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I did read the Compact and had a similar response: "This all sounds very reasonable".

I think the negative reaction to it is mostly a function of who is pushing it.

It’s the usual trick of writing something so that an uninterested reader assuming the common meaning of words will be completely nonplussed, but a lawyer or judge reading such a document adversarially will reach many unexpected conclusions.

"nonplussed" means "bewildered" or "really confused". Maybe you mean "not worried"?

If you mean "not worried", then yeah, I bet you're right that there are a bunch of things that could be entailed by the language that aren't obvious. Good point.

“Nonplussed” also means “unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed.”

A bit like “cleave” in that way.

But yes, you read me correctly.

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