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* In ''[[24]]'' Day 5 Agent Aaron Pierce has been taken hostage by corrupt President Charles Logan after discovering Logan's hand in the terrorist attacks and conspiracy for the day. He's ruthlessly beaten down and personally left with the option of either being executed due to his knowedge or keeping the lid on Logan's involvement and being bought off. His response:
{{quote|'''Pierce''': There is nothing that you have said or done that is acceptable to me in the least. You're a traitor to this country and a disgrace to your office, and it's my duty to see that you're brought to justice for what you've done. Is there anything else, Charles?}}
* In [[A Town Like Alice]] there is a weird example in which a character makes bigotry sound magnificent. When the Japanese march through Malaya an old lady in charge of a rubber plantation and her entourage are taken captive by the IJA which doesn't know what the heck to do with them. When they object to sleeping arrangements the officer in charge is perplexed, queen-sized beds not being high on supply priorities. He says that Japanese women are fine with sleeping on the floor. Whereupon the English woman proudly says that Englishwomen do not sleep on the floor like animals for all the world as if she was still lording it over impoverished native workers. Of course it sounds better then because she is the conquered not the conqueror.
**On the other hand, the Japanese officer would have [[This Is Unforgivable!| had far stronger reactions]] at a fit man giving that insult, and she was kind of taking advantage of the fact of being an old woman. On the "other-other" hand not all Japanese officers of the time cared whether an opponent was helpless or not and they were darned lucky to meet one who was an old-fashioned [[Officer and a Gentleman|Officer and a Gentleman.]]
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