>>You definitely want a CLEAR EVENTS in that scenario ;-)
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>Which is where the battle analogy diverges - I don't see a general who can issue a "stop fighting" without at least having an opinion from the general of the enemy.

The command is not "stop battle", it's "full immediate retreat!"

>Maybe a theatrical comparison would be more appropriate - Read Events would be "raise the curtain", Clear Events "drop the curtain". But the piece played wouldn't have a script all the way through; the actors would only know what to do and how to react, but would have to wait for the audience to do something that they can react to.