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I keep thinking of the end of The Caine Mutiny at the party after the acquittal...

Lt. Greenwald: [to Paynter] You didn’t approve of his conduct as an officer. He wasn’t worthy of your loyalty. So you turned on him. You ragged him. You made up songs about him. If you’d given Queeg the loyalty he needed, do you suppose the whole issue would have come up in the typhoon? [to Maryk] You’re an honest man, Steve, I’m asking you. You think it would’ve been necessary for you to take over?
Lt. Maryk: [hesitant] It probably wouldn’t have been necessary.
Lt. Greenwald: Yeah.
Ensign Keith: If that’s true, then we were guilty.
Lt. Greenwald: Ah, you’re learning, Willie! You’re learning that you don’t work with a captain because you like the way he parts his hair. You work with him because he’s got the job or you’re no good! Well, the case is over. You’re all safe. It was like shooting fish in a barrel.