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The M*A*S*H example (\'\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\'\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics page completely. The MASH was a series running on a BlackHumor and depicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense (sort of) - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \
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The M*A*S*H example (\\\'\\\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\\\'\\\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics page completely. The MASH was a series running on a BlackHumor and depicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense (sort of) - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \\\"continue to exercise their medical and spiritual functions\\\" - i.e. if the hospital surrendered, the stated objective of \\\"allowing them to attend to the wounded\\\" would be satisfied, and with the hospital being located behind the UN Forces frontlines, liberation from captivity would be matter of time - surely a lonely sniper who infiltrated there possess much greater military strength than a whole mobile hospital unit combined, but he\\\'s relatively powerless against any possible liberating force. The problem here seems to be laying chiefly in fact that the sniper is both GenreSavvy (attacking a medical installation is a war crime, so he really does not want to expose himself) and [[ImplacableMan unwilling to be distracted from his harassment fire]] by following [[MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours the rules to his disadvantage]]. Or he just did not care - but Hawkeye\\\'s \\\"plan\\\" to [[RulesLawyer exploit the rules of warfare by interpreting them literally]] by itself is hardly an example of the Hollywood Tactics, though perhaps appealing to absurdity and verging on the insane troll logic. Absurd - yes, impractical - yes, incomprehensible and unreasonable from the conventional military logic point of view - perhaps; but hardly an example of the HollywoodTactics.
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The M*A*S*H example (\'\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\'\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics page completely. The MASH was a series running on a BlackHumor and depicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense (sort of) - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \
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The M*A*S*H example (\\\'\\\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\\\'\\\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics page completely. The MASH was a series running on a BlackHumor and depicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense (sort of) - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \\\"continue to exercise their medical and spiritual functions\\\" - i.e. if the hospital surrendered, the stated objective of \\\"allowing them to attend to the wounded\\\" would be satisfied, and with the hospital being located behind the UN Forces frontlines, liberation from captivity would be matter of time - surely a lonely sniper who infiltrated there possess much greater military strength than a whole mobile hospital unit combined, but he\\\'s relatively powerless against any possible liberating force. The problem here seems to be laying chiefly in fact that the sniper is both GenreSavvy (attacking a medical installation is a war crime, so he really does not want to expose himself) and [[ImplacableMan unwilling to be distracted from his harassment fire]] by following [[MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours the rules to his disadvantage]]. Or he just did not care - but Hawkeye\\\'s \\\"plan\\\" to [[RulesLawyer exploit the rules of warfare by interpreting them literally]] by itself is hardly an example of the Hollywood Tactics, though perhaps appealing to absurdity and verging on the insane troll logic.
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The M*A*S*H example (\'\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\'\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics page completely. The MASH was a series running on a BlackHumor and depicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense (sort of) - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \
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The M*A*S*H example (\\\'\\\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\\\'\\\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics page completely. The MASH was a series running on a BlackHumor and depicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense (sort of) - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \\\"continue to exercise their medical and spiritual functions\\\" - i.e. if the hospital surrendered, the stated objective of \\\"allowing them to attend to the wounded\\\" would be satisfied, and with the hospital being located behind the UN Forces frontlines, liberation from captivity would be matter of time - surely a lonely sniper who infiltrated there possess much greater military strength than a whole mobile hospital unit combined, but he\\\'s relatively powerless against any possible liberating force. The problem here seems to be laying chiefly in fact that the sniper is both GenreSavvy (attacking a medical installation is a war crime, so he really does not want to expose himself) and [[ImplacableMan unwilling to be distracted from his harassment fire]] by following [[MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours the rules to his disadvantage]]. Or he just did not care - but Hawkeye\\\'s \\\"plan\\\" by itself is hardly an example of the Hollywood Tactics, though perhaps verging on the insane troll logic.
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The M*A*S*H example (\'\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\'\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics completely. The MASH, being a series running on a BlackHumor and derpicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \
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The M*A*S*H example (\\\'\\\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\\\'\\\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics page completely. The MASH was a series running on a BlackHumor and depicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense (sort of) - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \\\"continue to exercise their medical and spiritual functions\\\" - i.e. if the hospital surrendered, the stated objective of \\\"allowing them to attend to the wounded\\\" would be satisfied, and with the hospital being located behind the UN Forces frontlines, liberation from captivity would be matter of time - surely a lonely sniper who infiltrated there possess much greater military strength than a whole mobile hospital unit combined, but he\\\'s relatively powerless against any possible liberating force. The problem seems to chiefly in fact that sniper is both GenreSavvy (attacking a medical installation is a war crime, so he really does not want to expose himself) and [[ImplacableMan unwilling to be distracted from his harassment fire]] by following [[MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours the rules to his disadvantage]]. Or he just did not care - but Hawkeye\\\'s \\\"plan\\\" by itself is hardly an example of the Hollywood Tactics, though perhaps verging on the insane troll logic.
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The M*A*S*H example (\'\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\'\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics completely. The MASH, being a series running on a BlackHumor and derpicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), the proposal actually make some sense - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \
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The M*A*S*H example (\\\'\\\'Hawkeye comes up with the suggestion that they surrender to the sniper. He argues that this would allow them to attend to the wounded, but fails to explain how this makes any sense ...\\\'\\\') - this should be somewhat explained and justified, or removed from the HollywoodTactics completely. The MASH, being a series running on a BlackHumor and derpicting the absurdity and pointlessness of war (and with Hawkeye as a DeadPanSnarker extraordinaire), and so the proposal actually makes some sense - according to TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar, medical personnel and chaplains, when surrendering, are to be allowed to \\\"continue to exercise their medical and spiritual functions\\\" - i.e. if the hospital surrendered, the stated objective of \\\"allowing them to attend to the wounded\\\" would be satisfied, and with the hospital being located behind the UN Forces frontlines, liberation from captivity would be matter of time - surely a lonely sniper who infiltrated there possess much greater military strength than a whole mobile hospital unit combined, but he\\\'s relatively powerless against any possible liberating force. The problem seems to chiefly in fact that sniper is both GenreSavvy (attacking a medical installation is a war crime, so he really does not want to expose himself) and [[ImplacableMan unwilling to be distracted from his harassment fire]] by following [[MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours the rules to his disadvantage]]. Or he just did not care - but Hawkeye\\\'s \\\"plan\\\" by itself is hardly an example of the Hollywood Tactics, though perhaps verging on the insane troll logic.
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