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themaguffin

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2. One of Hawkeye's great quotes in this exchange...

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 02:38 PM

Nov 4

Some of you probably already know what I have pasted below from watching the show...

Burns: Well, everybody knows, ‘war is Hell.’
Hunnicutt: Remember, you heard it hear last.
Hawkeye: War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Father Mulcahy: How do you figure that, Hawkeye?
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Father Mulcahy: Um, sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell, but war is chock full of them – little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

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I have been binging M*A*S*H lately. [View all] Initech Nov 4 OP

MASH was not what many thought DUU Nov 4 #1

One of Hawkeye's great quotes in this exchange... themaguffin Nov 4 #2

I'm amazed at how deep that show was. Initech Nov 4 #3

Probably hasn't changed in 2000 year. DUU Nov 4 #4