I love the implication that if you don’t agree, you can’t have a healthy discussion. I love it, too. It gets it out of the way upfront: if we can't agree on $T

I love the implication that if you don’t agree, you can’t have a healthy discussion. I love it, too. It gets it out of the way upfront: if we can't agree on $THIS base assumption, then we can't have a healthy discussion about $THAT. In order for that to happen, we need to have another discussion first." If, after discussing whether or not there is an inclusion and diversity problem, you are still at odds, there is little point in further refining the discussion by including alcohol.