You’re wrong. I don’t think any of these games are safe.
I’m pointing out two things: first, that both sides have a right to be where they are and, second, that one man’s too close is another man’s just right.
To the second point, you ever seen where one ship wants one CPA but the other ship thinks that’s too much? Either they haggle on the radio or one ship just ignores the other and does whatever it wants?
For example, I’m on watch and call over to a foreign flagged box boat. I ask for 1.0nm CPA. The guy on the radio either makes a grumbling sound or just stops answering. He then crosses my stern at 0.2nm. The thing is that other guy is just fine with 0.2nm but my captain sure isn’t! And that’s the problem.
So who says 1.0nm was safe but 0.2nm wasn’t? It’s subjective.