I was taught at an impressionable age that the only winning move was not to play. Advice that has not failed me in some 42 years now. Thanks Joshua!

To share a bit more because people think it was “good”, the Battle of the Alamo was specifically because “About one hundred Texians, wanting to defy Mexican law and maintain the institution of chattel slavery in their portion of Coahuila y Tejas by seeking secession from Mexico, …” (emphasis mine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo