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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 19:32:55 +0000
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From: Neil Travers <neil@dreamer.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Catch-22
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I'm just trying to read 'Catch 22', by Joseph Heller and I thought this
bit was worth quoting. Especially for the ex Leeds lads.
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'Sure there's a catch,' Doc Daneeka replied. 'Catch-22. Anyone who
wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.'
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a
concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and
immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could
be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would
no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be
crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he
had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but
if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very
deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out
a respectful whistle.
'Thats some catch, that Catch-22,' he observed.
'It's the best there is,' Doc Daneeka agreed.
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