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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[A Few Good Men]]'': Colonel Jessup, after having been accused of killing one of his own men (admittedly by accident): "I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post." (You either at war or not a soldier, used against a Military Lawyer)
** Also 'Either you agree with how I'm handling the situation or you want America's defense to fail.' Leaving aside, of course, the entirely obvious third option: that the questioner wants America's defenes to succeed and thinks that the colonel's idea is flawed and will cause failure.
** Or the fourth option that the question is irrelevant to the overall success or failure of America's defense.
* The "Battle of Wits" from ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' presents this. Either Vizzini's cup is the poisoned one, or the Man in Black's is. Vizzini goes through dozens of justifications and possibilities for why one would poison either one, trying to stall for time. Either way, he never considers that {{spoiler|they're both poisoned}}.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'': Two for one, one called out, the other unintentional.
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