Mal:Det fantes bare en paragraf
{{ #ifeq: Mal|Mal|
| Opphav | Joseph Heller |
| Kilde | Catch 22 (bok) |
| År | 1961 |
| Opprinnelig språk | Engelsk |
| «Det fantes bare en paragraf, og det var paragraf 22, som sa at bekymring for ens egen sikkerhet overfor virkelige og og overhengende farer var et produkt av en fornuftig tankeprosess. Orr var sinnssyk og kunne bli fritatt. Alt han hadde å gjøre var å be om det, men så snart han gjorde det, var han ikke lenger sinnssyk og måtte fortsette å fly. Orr måtte være sinnssyk for å fortsette å fly og frisk hvis han ikke gjorde det, men hvis han var frisk, måtte han fly. Hvis han fløy, var han sinnssyk og behøvde ikke å gjøre det, men hvis han ikke ville, var han frisk og måtte. Yossarian var dypt grepet av paragraf 22s innlysende klarhet og plystret imponert. «Det er sannelig litt av en paragraf, denne paragraf 22,» bemerket han. «Det er den beste paragraf som finnes,» samtykket doktor Daneeka.» |
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Tatt fra kapittel 5, side 50-51.
- "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."
"That's some catch, that catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.