You know they want to force you to do something without having any liability for potential harmful outcomes.
They know that.
They know that you know that too.
But you're keeping up the pretense that everyone involved is obviously acting in good faith, which is what puts them in a bind.
Obviously they *can't* tell you that they are refusing to acknowledge this because they just don't want it on record, but, well...they don't want it on record.