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'''Morton's fork''' was the name [[Gatherer]] [[Hade]] gave to the plan with which he intended to draw out the outlaws living in the [[Undercity, Megropolis One|undercity]]. It involved sending in a group of the [[Inner Retinue]] guard that would force them out into the open where they could be picked off. Hade named it after [[Morton (The Sun Makers)|Morton]], an "illustrious predecessor". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'')

In reality, "{{w|Morton's fork}}" is a term for a forced choice between two lines of reasoning which lead to the same unpleasant conclusion. It derives from {{w|John Morton (bishop)|John Morton}}, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor under Henry VII, who argued that a man living frugally must have money to spare and therefore could afford to pay taxes, and that a man living opulently must be rich and therefore could afford to pay taxes — a conclusion that dovetails with ''[[The Sun Makers]]''{{'}} anti-tax message.