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* ''{{Portal 2}}'' sets one up in-story for the protagonist, Chell. After the plot twist midway through, she's confronted with the dilemma of putting the old BigBad back in charge of the facility, who will likely kill her, or leaving the current one in charge, in which case the place will likely explode with her inside. Gameplay-wise, it's still a ButThouMust.
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* ''{{Portal ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' sets one up in-story for the protagonist, Chell. After the plot twist midway through, she's confronted with the dilemma of putting the old BigBad back in charge of the facility, who will likely kill her, or leaving the current one in charge, in which case the place will likely explode with her inside. Gameplay-wise, it's still a ButThouMust.
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* There's a Chuck Dixon arc wherein Two-Face kidnaps Robin and forces him to choose between hanging Batman and District Attorney Meany. Robin attempts to TakeAThirdOption and reminds Two-Face of his schtick, Two-Face flips his coin, and Meany's number is up. The trapdoor drops, Meany starts to hang, and Robin, still thinking outside the box, throws a batarang to severe the rope -- which causes Meany to drop into the water below, and drown. Two-Face then tries to kill Batman, with predictable results. MortonsFork applies because not only was Two-Face clearly planning on killing both men no matter who Robin chose, but he also managed to plan for the third option.
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* There's a Chuck Dixon arc wherein Two-Face kidnaps Robin and forces him to choose between hanging Batman and District Attorney Meany. Robin attempts to TakeAThirdOption and reminds Two-Face of his schtick, Two-Face flips his coin, and Meany's number is up. The trapdoor drops, Meany starts to hang, and Robin, still thinking outside the box, throws a batarang to severe sever the rope -- which causes Meany to drop into the water below, and drown. Two-Face then tries to kill Batman, with predictable results. MortonsFork applies because not only was Two-Face clearly planning on killing both men no matter who Robin chose, but he also managed to plan for the third option.
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The name comes from the tax-collecting practices of Henry VII's chancellor, John Morton. He reasoned that anyone who was living extravagantly was rich, and so could afford high taxes, while anyone who was living frugally had saved a lot, and so could afford high taxes. Bear in mind before you get ''too'' crazy is that this was typically used to keep people well-known to be well-off anyway from trying to weasel their way into not paying; he wasn't exactly trying to collect from peasants in hovels.
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The name comes from the tax-collecting practices of Henry VII's chancellor, John Morton. He reasoned that anyone who was living extravagantly was rich, and so could afford high taxes, while anyone who was living frugally had saved a lot, and so could afford high taxes. Bear in mind before you get ''too'' crazy is that this was typically used to keep people well-known to be well-off anyway from trying to weasel their way into not paying; he wasn't exactly trying to collect from peasants in hovels.
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** When Homer goes to India and comes to believe himself a god, Lenny and Carl come to visit him and are met by a guard who offers them a choice between two doors, explaining that Homer Simpson is behind one and a Bengal tiger is behind the other. When it turns out that both doors have a tiger behind them, the guard explains "One of these tigers is named Homer Simpson."
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** Some version go further. Following week, the son bring the other tie, and the mother remarks "You used to like the other, why don't you like it anymore?". A week later, the son tries to play smart, wearing no tie (or both at once) to the desparation of the mother "Why I grew up a son that can't dress himself properly!".
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** As long as being "American" is not a fate not worth to live for, [[ButThouMust you just vote the candidate]]. Not this trope.
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** Both alternative are praised or demonized by different education systems. It's actually possible to train a baby not to cry, but it's not something you can teach easily, as different babies act very differently. Still, prepared parents can TakeAThirdOption if the baby is not crying for the sake of it.
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* In DanAbnett's ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''BrothersOfTheSnake'', Khiron asks to be exposed to the sea serpents of their home world: if they eat him, he is acquitted and [[DueToTheDead will be mourned]], and if they refuse, his fellow Space Marines will know he is tainted and execute him. He wants to GetItOverWith, as the evidence against him is very strong. Fortunately, new evidence turns up in time to rescue him.\\
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* In DanAbnett's ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''BrothersOfTheSnake'', ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', Khiron asks to be exposed to the sea serpents of their home world: if they eat him, he is acquitted and [[DueToTheDead will be mourned]], and if they refuse, his fellow Space Marines will know he is tainted and execute him. He wants to GetItOverWith, as the evidence against him is very strong. Fortunately, new evidence turns up in time to rescue him.\\
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* In DanAbnett's ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''Brothers of the Snake'', Khiron asks to be exposed to the sea serpents of their home world: if they eat him, he is acquitted and [[DueToTheDead will be mourned]], and if they refuse, his fellow Space Marines will know he is tainted and execute him. He wants to GetItOverWith, as the evidence against him is very strong. Fortunately, new evidence turns up in time to rescue him.\\
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* In DanAbnett's ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''Brothers of the Snake'', ''BrothersOfTheSnake'', Khiron asks to be exposed to the sea serpents of their home world: if they eat him, he is acquitted and [[DueToTheDead will be mourned]], and if they refuse, his fellow Space Marines will know he is tainted and execute him. He wants to GetItOverWith, as the evidence against him is very strong. Fortunately, new evidence turns up in time to rescue him.\\
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* Some examples used in grade school or junior high:
** Are you PT? If you say yes, you are a pregnant teenager; if no, you aren't potty-trained.
** {For a male target} "Are you a lesbian trapped inside a man's body?" If he says yes, he is a transsexual; if no, he doesn't like girls (i.e. is gay).
** Are you PT? If you say yes, you are a pregnant teenager; if no, you aren't potty-trained.
** {For a male target} "Are you a lesbian trapped inside a man's body?" If he says yes, he is a transsexual; if no, he doesn't like girls (i.e. is gay).
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** If you use sex appeal, you're pandering to the patriarchy, but you can do what you want with your own body; just don't get on anyone else's case for using sex appeal. If you aren't sexy, you may be repressed, or modest, or poor, or simply not wanting to bother; it all depends on ''why''. Some women can take care of themselves, some can't, and it's irresponsible to treat one as the other. Unless one member of the relationship (male or female) is either fabulously rich or dead broke, it's inappropriate to ALWAYS pay (control freak) or NEVER pay (jerk/tightwad); as with all other obligations, a healthy balance works best. The lesson, as always: Use your head and don't listen to ignorant loudmouths (which could apply to several other entries on this page).
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** If you use sex appeal, you're pandering to the patriarchy, but you can do what you want with your own body; just don't get on anyone else's case for using sex appeal. If you aren't sexy, you may be repressed, or modest, or poor, or simply not wanting to bother; it all depends on ''why''. Some women can take care of themselves, some can't, and it's irresponsible to treat one as the other. Unless one member of the relationship (male or female) is either fabulously rich or dead broke, it's inappropriate to ALWAYS pay (control freak) or NEVER pay (jerk/tightwad); (irresponsible jerk/tightwad); as with all other obligations, a healthy balance works best. The lesson, as always: Use your head and don't listen to ignorant loudmouths (which could apply to several other entries on this page).
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** If you use sex appeal, you're pandering to the patriarchy, but you can do what you want with your own body; just don't get on anyone else's case for using sex appeal. If you aren't sexy, you may be repressed, or modest, or poor, or simply not wanting to bother; it all depends on ''why''. Some women can take care of themselves, some can't, and it's irresponsible to treat one as the other. Unless one member of the relationship (male or female) is either fabulously rich or dead broke, it's inappropriate to ALWAYS pay (control freak) or NEVER pay (jerk/tightwad); as with all other obligations, a healthy balance works best. The lesson, as always: Use your head and don't listen to ignorant loudmouths (which could apply to several other entries on this page).
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** Given the way Vogons are portrayed throughout the series, "was going to do that all along" sounds far more plausible.
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** [[FridgeLogic But then, that opens up a Third Option for his executioners to do both to him.]]
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** A similar problem when fringe cults write their loony apocrypha into their copies of the Christian {{Bible}} - it is against Biblical law to add anything more to it (with the Revelation of Saint John of Patmos being canonically the final book), but what's a Christian supposed to do with these tainted copies if he or she ends up with one from a big box of books purchased at a yard sale? It'd be kinda wrong to burn it, since most of the text is still [[WordOfGod God's Word]].
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** A similar problem when fringe cults write their loony apocrypha into their copies of the Christian {{Bible}} [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] - it is against Biblical law to add anything more to it (with the Revelation of Saint John of Patmos being canonically the final book), but what's a Christian supposed to do with these tainted copies if he or she ends up with one from a big box of books purchased at a yard sale? It'd be kinda wrong to burn it, since most of the text is still [[WordOfGod God's Word]].
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* The Pharisees tried this trick several times to try and turn Jesus' popularity against him. In [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12:13-17&version=NIV one example]], they asked whether the Jews should pay the oppressive taxes imposed on them by their Caesar. If he said yes, then he was acknowledging that Caesar ruled over the Jews. If he said no, he was guilty of treason. [[TakeAThirdOption He didn't let this trip him up]]. The phrase "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's" is familiar enough, but the subtext isn't quite obvious: apparently, when the Pharisees showed him the coin with Caesar's image, they must have realised they were dealing with the (obviously, forbidden) image of a false god, and for that reason were ready to stop arguing about matters of impiety.
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* OlderThanFeudalism example from [[Literature/TheBible the New Testament]]: The Pharisees tried this trick several times to try and turn Jesus' popularity against him. In [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12:13-17&version=NIV one example]], Mark 12:13]], they asked whether the Jews should pay the oppressive taxes imposed on them by their Caesar. If he said yes, then he was acknowledging that Caesar ruled over the Jews. If he said no, he was guilty of treason. [[TakeAThirdOption He didn't let this trip him up]]. The phrase "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's" is familiar enough, but the subtext isn't quite obvious: apparently, when the Pharisees showed him the coin with Caesar's image, they must have realised they were dealing with the (obviously, forbidden) image of a false god, and for that reason were ready to stop arguing about matters of impiety.
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* There's a well-known story that the Caliph Umar whose army sacked the Library of Alexandria said of its books that either they contradicted the Koran and thus were heretical and should be burned, or they agreed with the Koran and thus were superfluous and should be burned. Either way, they wound up on the bonfire. Though [[YouFailHistoryForever almost certainly false]], this legend can be traced back [[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/3517 at least]] to the 13th century, making this trope OlderThanPrint.
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* There's a well-known story that the Caliph Umar whose army sacked the Library of Alexandria said of its books that either they contradicted the Koran and thus were heretical and should be burned, or they agreed with the Koran and thus were superfluous and should be burned. Either way, they wound up on the bonfire. Though [[YouFailHistoryForever almost certainly false]], this legend can be traced back [[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/3517 at least]] to the 13th century, making this trope OlderThanPrint.century.
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** A similar problem when fringe cults write their loony apocrypha into their copies of the Christian {{Bible}} - it is against Biblical law to add anything more to it (with the Revelation of Saint John of Patmos being canonically the final book), but what's a Christin supposed to do with these tainted copies if he or she ends up with one from a big box of books purchased at a yard sale? It'd be kinda wrong to burn it, since most of the text is still [[WordOfGod God's Word]].
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** A similar problem when fringe cults write their loony apocrypha into their copies of the Christian {{Bible}} - it is against Biblical law to add anything more to it (with the Revelation of Saint John of Patmos being canonically the final book), but what's a Christin Christian supposed to do with these tainted copies if he or she ends up with one from a big box of books purchased at a yard sale? It'd be kinda wrong to burn it, since most of the text is still [[WordOfGod God's Word]].
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Compare XanatosGambit, where this happens because of some character's long-term [[TheChessmaster Chessmastering]]. See also SadisticChoice, which similarly forces characters to choose between two untenable choices. Characters often attempt to respond by TakingAThirdOption, with varying degrees of success. They may instead pick one to GetItOverWith. If they get sick of being cheated, see BallisticDiscount. If the fork is deliberately placed into a test, this is UnwinnableTrainingSimulation.
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Compare XanatosGambit, where this happens because is weaponized in a specific type of some character's long-term [[TheChessmaster Chessmastering]].plan and often used by TheChessmaster. See also SadisticChoice, which similarly forces characters to choose between two untenable choices. Characters often attempt to respond by TakingAThirdOption, with varying degrees of success. They may instead pick one to GetItOverWith. If they get sick of being cheated, see BallisticDiscount. If the fork is deliberately placed into a test, this is UnwinnableTrainingSimulation.
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* In the Bible, Jacob was set to marry Rachael, but was worried that her father would disguise her sister, Leah, as Rachael and slip her into the wedding instead. To foil this trick, Jacob and Rachael figured out a signal. If "Rachael" didn't give the signal, it would be Leah under the veil and thus Jacob would know to call off the wedding. This subjected Rachael to the Fork, because if she taught her sister the signal, her fiance would marry her sister. If she ''didn't'' teach the signal though, she would knowingly be subjecting her sister to public humiliation. She taught Leah the signal and Jacob ended up [[TookAThirdOption marrying both girls]].
** It should be clarified that this isn't actually in the traditional Biblical canon.
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** A similar problem when fringe cults write their loony apocrypha into their copies of the Christian {{Bible}} - it is against Biblical law to add anything more to it (with the Revelation of Saint John of Patmos being canonically the final book), but what's a Christin supposed to do with these tainted copies if he or she ends up with one from a big box of books purchased at a yard sale? It'd be kinda wrong to burn it, since most of the text is still [[WordOfGod God's Word]].
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* In the ending of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'', whether you choose to take the money or kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]] in the penultimate mission, [[spoiler: you will lose Kate]]. If you kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]], the mob boss you were working for gets pissed at you for souring the deal and [[spoiler: kills Kate in a drive-by shooting]]. If you take the money, [[spoiler: Kate]] will call you out on abandoning your morals and will [[spoiler: leave you anyway]].
** Taking the money also results in [[spoiler: Dimitri]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying you]] [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]] and sending someone to kill you, which results in [[spoiler: Roman]] getting killed.
** Taking the money also results in [[spoiler: Dimitri]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying you]] [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]] and sending someone to kill you, which results in [[spoiler: Roman]] getting killed.
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* In the ending of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'', whether you choose to take the money or kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]] in the penultimate mission, [[spoiler: you will lose Kate]]. If you kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]], the mob boss you were working for gets pissed at you for souring the deal and [[spoiler: kills Kate in a drive-by shooting]]. If you take the money, [[spoiler: Kate]] will call you out on abandoning your morals and will [[spoiler: leave you anyway]].
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* In the ending of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'', whether you choose to take the money or kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]] in the penultimate mission, [[spoiler: you will lose Kate]]. If you kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]], the mob boss you were working for gets pissed at you for souring the deal and [[spoiler: kills Kate in a drive-by shooting]]. If you take the money, [[spoiler: Kate]] will call you out on abandoning your morals and will [[spoiler: leave you anyway]].\\
** Taking the money also results in [[spoiler: Dimitri]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying you]] [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]] and sending someone to kill you, which results in [[spoiler: Roman]] getting killed.\\
** Taking the money also results in [[spoiler: Dimitri]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying you]] [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]] and sending someone to kill you, which results in [[spoiler: Roman]] getting killed.\\
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* In the ending of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'', whether you choose to take the money or kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]] in the penultimate mission, [[spoiler: you will lose Kate]]. If you kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]], the mob boss you were working for gets pissed at you for souring the deal and [[spoiler: kills Kate in a drive-by shooting]]. If you take the money, [[spoiler: Kate]] will call you out on abandoning your morals and will [[spoiler: leave you anyway]].\\
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** Taking the money also results in [[spoiler: Dimitri]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying you]] [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]] and sending someone to kill you, which results in [[spoiler: Roman]] getting
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* In the ending of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'', whether you choose to take the money or kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]] in the penultimate mission, someone you like will die. If you take the money, [[spoiler: Dimitri]] decides to [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray you]] [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]] and has an assassin kill [[spoiler: Roman]] in a botched attempt on your life. If you kill the treacherous bastard, the mob boss you were working for gets pissed at you for souring the deal and kills [[spoiler: Kate]] in a drive-by shooting.\\
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* In the ending of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'', whether you choose to take the money or kill [[spoiler: Dimitri]] in the penultimate mission, someone you like will die. If you take the money, [[spoiler: Dimitri]] decides to [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray you]] [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]] and has an assassin you will lose Kate]]. If you kill [[spoiler: Roman]] in a botched attempt on your life. If you kill the treacherous bastard, Dimitri]], the mob boss you were working for gets pissed at you for souring the deal and [[spoiler: kills Kate in a drive-by shooting]]. If you take the money, [[spoiler: Kate]] in a drive-by shooting.will call you out on abandoning your morals and will [[spoiler: leave you anyway]].\\
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Not all difficult decisions are Morton\'s Forks. A Morton\'s Fork requires that the outcome be the same either way, not merely that both options be unpleasant. In this particular case it\'s and eithor-or situation whereas in a true Morton\'s Fork, the either-or is irrelevant.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Rainbow Dash allegedly has to pick between two loyalties in the start of the second season: her friends and her home. On the one hand, if she abandons her friends, they all lose but Cloudsdale is safe. On the other, she can let Cloudsdale crumble as Discord shows her, but get her Element of Harmony, which is Loyalty, and help aid her friends. This is used as her own personal MindRape. Either way, Discord destroys something she holds dear. She gets out of it when it turns out that the issue with Cloudsdale is a BlatantLie.
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* On ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Rainbow Dash allegedly has to pick between two loyalties in the start of the second season: her friends and her home. On the one hand, if she abandons her friends, they all lose but Cloudsdale is safe. On the other, she can let Cloudsdale crumble as Discord shows her, but get her Element of Harmony, which is Loyalty, and help aid her friends. This is used as her own personal MindRape. Either way, Discord destroys something she holds dear. She gets out of it when it turns out that the issue with Cloudsdale is a BlatantLie.
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* On ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Rainbow Dash allegedly has to pick between two loyalties in the start of the second season: her friends and her home. On the one hand, if she abandons her friends, they all lose but Cloudsdale is safe. On the other, she can let Cloudsdale crumble as Discord shows her, but get her Element of Harmony, which is Loyalty, and help aid her friends. This is used as her own personal MindRape. Either way, Discord destroys something she holds dear. She gets out of it when it turns out that the issue with Cloudsdale is a BlatantLie.
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Though the question is a kind of false choice, it does not qualify as a Morton\'s Fork. There\'s no easy option out of a Morton\'s Fork, whereas this question can easily be defeated by honestly answering \"I never beat my wife.\"
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* The famous question "Are you still beating your wife?"
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* In the United States, tax forms include a line for "illegal income." [[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/295/are-you-required-to-report-illegal-income-on-your-tax-return If you don't report it you're evading taxes, if you do report it they turn you in]]. This is mainly so that when AlCapone is arrested for tax evasion, he can't claim there AintNoRule -- clearly, there ''is'' a rule, it's right there on the tax form! (Of course... you could just [[TakeAThirdOption not have illegal income]], or at least not be so blatant about your other crimes that it reaches that point.
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* In the United States, tax forms include a line for "illegal income." [[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/295/are-you-required-to-report-illegal-income-on-your-tax-return If you don't report it you're evading taxes, if you do report it they turn you in]]. This is mainly so that when AlCapone is arrested for tax evasion, he can't claim there AintNoRule -- clearly, there ''is'' a rule, it's right there on the tax form! (Of course... you could just [[TakeAThirdOption not have illegal income]], or at least not be so blatant about your other crimes that it reaches that point.)
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* The Pharisees tried this trick several times to try and turn Jesus' popularity against him. In [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12:13-17&version=NIV one example]], they asked whether the Jews should pay the oppressive taxes imposed on them by their Caesar. If he said yes, then he was acknowledging that Caesar ruled over the Jews. If he said no, he was guilty of treason. [[TakeAThirdOption He didn't let this trip him up]]. The phrase "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's" is familiar enough, but the subtext isn't quite obvious: apparently, when the Pharisees showed him the coin with Caesar's image, they must have realised they were dealing with the (obviously forbidden) image of a false god, and for that reason were ready to stop arguing about matters of impiety.
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* The Pharisees tried this trick several times to try and turn Jesus' popularity against him. In [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12:13-17&version=NIV one example]], they asked whether the Jews should pay the oppressive taxes imposed on them by their Caesar. If he said yes, then he was acknowledging that Caesar ruled over the Jews. If he said no, he was guilty of treason. [[TakeAThirdOption He didn't let this trip him up]]. The phrase "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's" is familiar enough, but the subtext isn't quite obvious: apparently, when the Pharisees showed him the coin with Caesar's image, they must have realised they were dealing with the (obviously (obviously, forbidden) image of a false god, and for that reason were ready to stop arguing about matters of impiety.
