Only if you want to stand in the direct middle of a see-saw ... and don't move.
I realllly want to kill you and eat you.
Let's see if we can find some middle ground: Can I just kill you? No?
What if I just kill you and only eat your limbs? OK?
I'm sure there is some middle ground here....
How about I anesthetize you and only eat one of your arms and one of your legs?
That's a quite reasonable 'middle ground' in this instance.
You just have to allow it.
You are correct that in war there is middle ground. It's referred to as the "kill zone."