Originally Posted by
Merle Haggard
You will not be accepted into mediation with Shaman's strategy. The mediator will just send you home to resume at square one. Guess which party would be fine with that?
Presumably, strategy is changed before you ask for mediation. The point being is that negotiations can always take a different tack when necessary. One is not stuck with a strategy or negotiating tactic or point for perpetuity.