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You Can't Handle the Truth! - A Few Good Men (7/8) Movie CLIP (1992) HD

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Cited on HN 4 times, 2017–2026, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Used as a reference or joke about authority figures who think they are above the law, and occasionally about sympathy for the military.

The courtroom scene from A Few Good Men in which Col. Jessep, played by Jack Nicholson, shouts 'You can't handle the truth' at Tom Cruise's character.

1 citations · 3 jokes · Other

4 Hacker News comments

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@rayiner Jun 2026 Cites it
on HN thread Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass
It's because Americans and many Europeans under the shield of the U.S. military and have never in their lives felt a moment of fear about external threats.[1] They never have to meaningfully confront the central fact of their existence: that they enjoy a vastly disproportionate share of the world's bounty in a way that would be impossible without overwhelming military power. I suspect people living in say Ukraine don't talk like this. [1] As I get older, I'm more sympathetic to Colonel Jessup: [this video] .
Colonel Jessup scene on military protection.
@topload Mar 2017 Makes a joke
on HN thread The Night Watch (2013) [pdf]
Thanks! For those who didn't get the joke, I want to point you to this moment of decision in A Few Good Men. (spoiler alert) - [this video]

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