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The Catch-22 Thread

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Billek
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The Women's Rights thread made me think about all the Catch-22 situations that we can find in the world.  A lot of these situations exist in America due to the typical obsession with being politically correct.

What are some interesting situations that you can think of?  The case surrounding Supreme Court Nominee Judge Sotomayor is a nice example.
Jun 15 2009 8:23PM
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neon1peace
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You have flies in your eyes
Jun 15 2009 8:39PM
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Slinger1x1
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i love catch 22, one of my favorite bands. I saw them in concert once

what?
Jun 15 2009 8:50PM
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Hack.The.Pow.
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haha that's what I was thinking when I clicked on this thread
Jun 15 2009 8:53PM
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Smuffy
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22_(logic)
Jun 15 2009 8:55PM
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salomon097
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to me the only catch 22 is keasby nights catch 22. everything else after that isnt even c22. streetlight manifesto, however, doesnt have 1 bad song
Jun 15 2009 9:29PM
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Slinger1x1
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alone in the crowd is also OG catch 22. streetlight just has the main singer from catch 22, thats why they are so good. i saw them in concert too

and yeah, i know what a catch 22 is, i was joking
Jun 15 2009 9:39PM
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IceCreamer
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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 would have 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. “That's some catch, that Catch-22,” he observed. “It's the best there is,” Doc Daneeka agreed.
Jun 15 2009 9:43PM
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blackoutbill
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So lucky. Streetlight isn't bad though
Jun 16 2009 1:14AM
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Sufferboy
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Jun 16 2009 1:29AM
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Hack.The.Pow.
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streetlight is much better. better live and better music in general. tom wrote all of the album keasbey nights and after that started streetlight. catch 22 hasn't been the same since
Jun 16 2009 1:51AM
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Twinjibber77
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Political correctness and making sure everyone feels good is gonna ruin us.
Jun 16 2009 2:29AM
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Nicholas.
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the concept of peace in general.


Jun 16 2009 2:36AM
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soulskier
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i read the book and enjoyed it, but cant say i can think of any real-worl examples

i'm just too tired to think
Jun 16 2009 2:52PM
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eheath
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"Michael: The offer, Dwight, was for one punch, which I absorbed. I had no idea there’d be a second punch, so … catch-22."
Jun 16 2009 3:34PM
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908
Posts: 716 - Karma: 11
catch 22 is from my town

/claim
Jun 16 2009 3:46PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
Posts: 1128 - Karma: 230
I love Catch 22 and Streetlight just as much, both are absolutely kickass bands. And skanking is fun as shit
Jun 16 2009 3:52PM
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fsscott
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so i'm making cheezburgers...

...and then i picked it up...
Jun 16 2009 4:06PM
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