Public Negotiations

The public negotiations of private matters is ill-conceived. It is usually better to negotiate in private, because without an audience to play up to and grandstand before, the parties quit worrying about saving face by taking a rigid, strident position to appease their backers.

The negotiations are more productive and more moderate, for both parties are more likely to moderate, to compromise and give some ground. With militancy and stridency set aside, gridlock may be avoided, and the parties may reach a deal beneficial to both sides.