“...and then leave permission for the ultimate negative act assumed.”
By ultimate negative act you mean, the unstated permission to destroy states and their people who peacefully quit the union without malice or offensive threat.
Yeah. That is ridiculous.
You finally got one right.
(Here kitty, kitty. Time for another smack down.)
And we're all holding out hope that someday you will get something right, too. Though I must admit that hope is fading fast.