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Originally Posted by Happy
Looks like we got ourselves a “Mexican Standoff”!
A Mexican standoff is a confrontation in which no strategy exists that allows any party to achieve victory. Any party initiating aggression might trigger their own demise. At the same time, the parties are unable to extricate themselves from the situation without suffering a loss – effectively, a situation of mutual zugzwang .
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I thought a Mexican standoff was when everybody had their guns pointed at everybody else. No one wants to shoot first because once that first shot is fired all Hell is going break (or since this is a car Group "brake") out.
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