A settlement demand can serve as a declaration of war, not an offer.

Evidence

Schlichtmann talked for fifteen minutes. Then Gordon laid out the financial terms of the settlement: an annual payment of 1.5 million to each of the eight families for the next thirty years; 25 million to establish a research foundation that would investigate the links between hazardous wastes and illness; and another $25 million in cash. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 1595

Categorization

• CANDY: Eight families, $1.5M a year for thirty years — the arithmetic alone is a dinner-table jaw-dropper.
• XREF: connects to: Absurdly high demands signal that a litigant wants trial, not settlement. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 1596; The Declaration frames its case as provable facts, not mere assertion. — Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 8

Broader Connections

• The Declaration frames its case as provable facts, not mere assertion. #exemplifies (1.00) — Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 8