mjbow now now, blood pressure
What your Internet Explorer did not tell you is that there is absolutely no requirement for a pilot to request a VFR departure.
They can just do it!
What the JO tells US is that
IFR wanting to depart an uncontrolled airport in to Class E must comply as quoted above. Or are you suggesting the JO is wrong?
If the IFR flight pilot departs VFR they either do so with or without ATS approval. If there is no ATS approval, there is NO guarantee that an IFR clearance will be available when needed i.e. climbing in to cloud in CTA
Read the regs
mjbow. These are the 'practical' points contributors here are making.