Controversial issues and their resolutions.

And frankly, it's not entirely clear how to handle this situation. So, can the opponent go down, but I can't? Or can the opponent also not go down?

But why would he go down if he's already there?!! I mentioned at the beginning that there's a 99% chance that to the right is the continuation of your home base, and GO is guarding the passage to the south towards the opponent!