This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Morgan Wick: I don't think this is a trope about tropes, which is what Trope Tropes is. If you don't know where else a trope should go, just stick it on Tropes.
Jonny D: Exactly right, it was late when I wrote this up and I was struggling to find the right index. I'll see about sorting it out. Edit: or rather, someone already has.
Nerem: The 'peace protestor' bit is completely irrelevant, removing it.
Uknown Troper: So... How's this different from Hostage Situation? The fact that you're personally holding the hostage in front of you?
Eban: Why the hell would this ever work? Go ahead, shoot him. Then you're standing there without a human shield and I have justification to shoot your ass! Oy. Wall Banger.
Amazingly Enough: The quote about the "bear in the colliseum" is actually pretty funny because I went to college in a rural, mountainous area, and there actually was a bear loose in the colliseum one year, but not while other people were there.
