Catch-22. Alle som vil komme ut av kampplikt, er ikke virkelig gal. Det var bare en fangst, og det var Catch-22, som spesifiserte at en bekymring for ens egen sikkerhet i møte med farer som var reelle og umiddelbare var prosessen med et rasjonelt sinn. Orr var gal og kunne være jordet. Alt han måtte gjøre var å spørre; Og så snart han gjorde det, ville han ikke lenger være gal og måtte fly flere oppdrag. Orr ville være gal å fly flere oppdrag og tilregnelig hvis han ikke gjorde det, men hvis han var tilregnelig, måtte han fly dem. Hvis han fløy dem, var han gal og ikke måtte; Men hvis han ikke ville, var han tilregnelig og måtte.

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(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.)