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You want to run that by me again?
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We have a group of complaining parents.
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They're suing their elementary
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school over the Halloween pageant.
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In particular…
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they don't like the witch.
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There are two groups of parents who are upset.
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One is Christian.
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The other group is, uh…
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well…
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Yes?
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Witches.
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Did you say witches?
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I said witches.
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Which group does the firm represent?
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Well, actually, both.
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Candy corn?
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It's just, though they are
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together for the purpose of this motion,
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they're not so much together.
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And I think having two
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lawyers, in case there are conflicts.
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Yes, and you think the senior partner
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of the firm should be doing this because…
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It'll be fun.
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Plus, you promised I'd get to try cases
with you.
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Do you know your briefcase is smoking?
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This is the season, Brad.
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Bubble, bubble, toil and so forth.
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This is a law firm.
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Thank you for that.
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Mr Shore. My name is Garrett Wells.
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Sounds like an old western town, Garrett Wells.
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I'm an associate here.
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Yes, you're the one who sleeps with paralegals.
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–And this is, uh…
–The paralegal.
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Can we talk to you for a second?
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You are talking.
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In private, please?
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Let me put this out.
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My little brother Jeffrey signed up for
the national guard.
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He fulfilled his service contract in Iraq.
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He was supposed to come home.
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The army kept him there under the stop loss program.
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There weren't enough soldiers on the ground
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so they put him in a position that he
never trained for.
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It got him killed.
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I realize as a matter of law that
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the army is immune from these suits.
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There is probably no way to win this.
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That's why we came to you.
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You, um, have a high success
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rate for unconventional trials.
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That's only because the conventional
trials won't have me.
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What are you looking to gain from this?
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I'm not sure.
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I go home and cry every night.
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Until I start to scream.
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Maybe…
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I just want someone to hear my screams.
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It promotes a specific religion.
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Ah! Shirley Schmidt!
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Grace and Bob Mathias.
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They're, uh…
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The Christians.
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And Evelyn and Sam Sawtelle.
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–The witches.
–Wiccans.
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Sorry. Uh, as I understand it,
the four of you
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want to stop the school celebration of Halloween.
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It's satanic.
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Uh, that's not the position we're taking.
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I mean, we're not allowed to have a Christmas concert
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because of the whole church and state
thing, but every year…
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–At our children's school.
–A public school.
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Paid for with our taxes.
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They have a Halloween pageant.
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It's a pageant, is it?
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Where not only are images of
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witches prominently displayed
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But the principal of the school…
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Mrs Berleth…
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dresses up like a witch. And she cackles.
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–She cackles.
–Bloodcurdling cackles.
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We find the whole thing horribly offensive.
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Because… Ms Schmidt, as a Wiccan couple,
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it's hard enough raising our daughter in this culture
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without stereotypical images holding her
up for ridicule.
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I mean, I ask you, are we green?
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–Do we have warts?
–And as a Christian couple,
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we resent having our faith
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marginalized while satan worship is openly…
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Witches don't worship satan, Grace.
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Promoted.
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Specifically.
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–It's unfair.
–It's defamatory.
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You can see, while both couples
are on the same side,
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we have competing claims.
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But we're putting our differences aside…
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For the greater good…
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How could they possibly
file papers so thick so fast?
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Clearly the government was
ready for this very case.
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And just as clearly,
they want to shut it down fast.
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So what happens?
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Well, instead of responding in kind,
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I plan to ask the judge for an evidentiary hearing.
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My feeling is, after listening to you, Cassie,
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he'll be less inclined to
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just summarily dismiss the claim.
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Okay.
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It also might help if your parents could be there.
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Well, my parents aren't with me on this.
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They think I'm dishonoring my
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brother's memory and his sacrifice.
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Okay. We filed in state court
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under the state torts claim act,
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and miraculously, a judge agreed to hear us.
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The bad news is we drew a peculiar judge.
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In 26 years on the bench, I have
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never seen a case so ridiculous.
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It nauseates me.
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Your honor is being a little dramatic.
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He was a soldier in a war.
What's more, he enlisted.
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Private Elliot's tour of duty was
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over. He should not have been in Iraq.
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He enlisted in part because
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he was fraudulently recruited.
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Moreover, the army then put him in
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a job for which he was not trained
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And which resulted in his death.
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Move to dismiss.
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The United States army
is immune from this sort…
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Not to claims based on fraud,
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Which this is.
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What if the families of every
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soldier killed in combat decided to sue?
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We'd have a logistical nightmare.
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Fortunately, we're only
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dealing with one person suing here,
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and if you're predisposed to kick it, so be it.
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But at least take an hour to hear from
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a couple of witnesses before doing so.
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You have a legacy of
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unfettered fairness, your honor.
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Please do not tarnish it.
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You pay the court costs.
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2 o'clock.
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He actually got a hearing?
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–Don't ask me how.
–Well, what did he say?
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Don't you two have anything else to do?
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Um, we're discussing a case, sir.
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It's not a case. It's an
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abuse of the judicial process.
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–Yes, we're discussing that.
–Go shine your shoes.
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–I beg your pardon?
–You heard me.
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Shine your shoes now.
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–And how's your grooming?
–I think fine… sir.
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Go to work.
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It's fun to pull rank, isn't it?
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What you are doing
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is an arrogant dismissal of that
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young soldier's ultimate sacrifice.
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And as somebody who served
in the Gulf war, proudly,
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when you disrespect our soldiers,
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you disrespect me. I don't like it.
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Is it true?
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You're criticizing the war?
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Constructive criticism.
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What?
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Alan, I've loved you like a…
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Sister.
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We're Americans. To be
critical in a time of war.
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Even the Democrats are smart
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enough to keep their mouth shut on this.
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Edward R. Murrow said we should
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never confuse dissent with disloyalty.
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Edward R. Murrow is media.
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And he's dead. Dead don't count.
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The dead do count, Denny, which
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is why we're bringing this lawsuit.
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Drop the case. Do it now.
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I'm not dropping it, Denny.
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Alan?
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I'm senior partner.
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I'm asking you, check that,
I'm directing you.
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–Drop it.
–No.
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I'll boil you whole and
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suck the skin from your bones!
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Or something like that.
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Mr Mathias, is this an accurate depiction
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of principal Berleth's
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behavior during the Halloween pageant?
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Yes, except she does sort of a… swoop.
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Could we see the swoop, please?
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Uh, your honor, just…
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Your honor…
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Your honor, the defense
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stipulates she's scary as all get out.
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Mrs Berleth, you may be seated.
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The court thanks you for
the riveting demonstration.
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Why is Mrs Berleth's
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performance so harmful to your children?
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I mean, it's just Halloween.
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And that's what we hear daily.
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“It's just a movie. ”
“It's just a video game. ”
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“It's just the super bowl halftime show. ”
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But she's not just a witch to you, is she?
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No, and I should be able
to protect my children
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from things I deem harmful.
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Trying to raise my kids to have
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strong Christian values in today's world
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is hard enough without
the head of the school
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dressing up like a servant of satan.
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It's bad enough my 7–year-old
knows all about
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bitches, pimps and hos from “grand theft auto”.
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Michael Jackson and child
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molestation are now words in his vernacular.
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My sixth grade daughter has
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classmates who will, excuse me,
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perform oral sex for a dollar.
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Now all of this is learned at school.
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This is why we're so livid.
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This is why so many of us are homeschooling,
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but I don't want to have to do that.
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Public school is just that.
It's our school, too.
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And satan shouldn't be there.
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The national guard said
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they'd pay his tuition for college.
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He was also told that he'd be safe.
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Safe?
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He was gonna be a cannon loader,
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not one of the guys on the streets.
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They promised. When he was reassigned,
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doing the job of an MP,
guarding a convoy truck,
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he made a joke that he should've just
joined the Boston PD.
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If he was gonna travel halfway
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around the world to become a cop.
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Cassie, what happened
on September 2nd of this year?
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Jeff's convoy was pulling through a town
called Iskandariyah.
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They nearly ran over an IED.
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It's an improvised explosive device.
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A bomb.
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They had to disarm it
before the convoy could go on.
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Jeff didn't have any training
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in disarming homemade bombs.
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But it had to be done,
and no one else had a clue.
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He was always like that.
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You know, he…
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was always one you could count on.
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He just never should have been there!
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Okay.
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But, Cassie, he did enlist.
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You sign up for the military,
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you have to assume the risk of going to war.
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His tour of duty was up.
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Plus he died doing something
he was never trained for.
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He didn't assume that risk.
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Nothing further.
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Mr Randolph?
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I have nothing for Ms Elliot
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except to thank her family
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for the sacrifice that they've made
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during this difficult struggle for freedom.
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Thank you.
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Hi. Did we have a meeting scheduled?
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Denise, we have
some concerns about our case.
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Okay. Well, please.
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We don't want to make trouble,
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but the Christians keep bringing up satanism,
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which completely misrepresents
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what our religion is about.
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We're worried that the Wiccan
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side isn't being represented fairly,
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I mean, we're a recognized religion
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with hundreds of thousands of followers.
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We're just looking for balance.
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Well, your side is up next,
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and you'll be able
to state your position fully.
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I promise.
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Thank you. That's all we ask.
280
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Yeah.
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Should we say something?
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What?
283
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–Um, Denise…
–Uh, we don't know you very well.
284
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Wiccans care about spreading goodwill
285
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and restoring the natural
balance of the world.
286
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And from you, well, we're feeling
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a quiet, screaming disharmony.
288
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Come again?
289
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Maybe it has to do with the fact that
you're recently divorced.
290
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How did you know that?
291
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You have a tan line from your ring.
292
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We can help. It's what we do.
293
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I appreciate your concern,
but I'm completely…
294
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harmonic.
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–Okay.
–Okay.
296
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This case is going great.
297
00:15:17,799 --> 00:15:19,585
You did excellent today.
298
00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:23,707
Yeah, whatever that means. It's…
299
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so…
300
00:15:26,043 --> 00:15:28,320
so I'm just gonna…
301
00:15:34,259 --> 00:15:38,506
I don't want to have sex
with you anymore.
302
00:15:40,682 --> 00:15:41,769
Yeah.
303
00:15:42,893 --> 00:15:46,621
Well, as it turns out, as my client,
304
00:15:46,855 --> 00:15:49,555
I'm not supposed to have sex
with you anyway.
305
00:15:53,737 --> 00:15:55,336
So there we are.
306
00:15:57,129 --> 00:15:59,534
There we are.
307
00:16:53,504 --> 00:16:56,674
I'm trying on my Halloween costume.
308
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What are your thoughts?
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I prefer to be alone. Please leave.
310
00:17:02,006 --> 00:17:05,183
–Why?
–No reason.
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If you were to guess at a reason…
312
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If I were to guess,
313
00:17:09,979 --> 00:17:12,096
I'd say maybe I don't want to socialize
314
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with a pinko liberal Democrat commie.
315
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You may think it's patriotic to dissent,
316
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and maybe it is, sometimes.
317
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But to sue the army in a
318
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time of war is not patriotic.
319
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It borders on treason.
And I'm disgusted with you.
320
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And just so you know, most of
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00:17:30,703 --> 00:17:32,290
the Democrats voted for this war.
322
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John Kerry voted for it.
323
00:17:34,545 --> 00:17:36,213
Hillary Clinton voted for it.
324
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And now suddenly it becomes unpopular,
325
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say what you will about Republicans,
326
00:17:40,756 --> 00:17:42,016
we stick to our convictions,
327
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even when we know we're dead wrong.
328
00:17:43,486 --> 00:17:44,922
Some might say especially then.
329
00:17:44,922 --> 00:17:48,142
It's not funny, Alan.
330
00:17:48,225 --> 00:17:50,025
I can't look at you right now.
331
00:17:50,589 --> 00:17:52,689
I don't know how you could miss me.
332
00:17:54,743 --> 00:17:58,321
This is how I feel. I don't want to be
in your company.
333
00:18:18,589 --> 00:18:20,915
On the ground, there's separate rules
334
00:18:20,950 --> 00:18:23,019
for national guards and active duty soldiers.
335
00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:24,094
How do you mean?
336
00:18:24,136 --> 00:18:25,471
Well, guardsmen have to write
337
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home for essential supplies,
338
00:18:26,722 --> 00:18:30,225
little things like flashlights, batteries,
339
00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:31,980
to major stuff like body armor.
340
00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:33,628
You weren't given proper body armor?
341
00:18:33,628 --> 00:18:34,775
None of us were.
342
00:18:34,810 --> 00:18:36,818
Now you were trained as a medic.
343
00:18:36,853 --> 00:18:38,827
Yes, sir. And when I got there
344
00:18:38,862 --> 00:18:40,224
they had me doing MP duty
345
00:18:40,224 --> 00:18:42,185
because there was no one left to do it.
346
00:18:42,185 --> 00:18:44,111
Before I knew it, I was guarding convoys.
347
00:18:44,111 --> 00:18:45,182
With private Elliot?
348
00:18:45,182 --> 00:18:46,240
It happened to a lot of us.
349
00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,128
There just aren't enough guys over there.
350
00:18:48,128 --> 00:18:50,765
Corporal, based on what your recruiter told you,
351
00:18:50,765 --> 00:18:52,300
is this what you expected when
352
00:18:52,300 --> 00:18:53,581
you signed up for the national guard?
353
00:18:53,581 --> 00:18:56,736
No, sir. No. I wanted to go
into the medical field.
354
00:18:56,771 --> 00:18:58,317
My recruiter told me that the
355
00:18:58,317 --> 00:18:59,710
government would pay for my medical school,
356
00:18:59,710 --> 00:19:03,254
and that in Iraq I'd be
a medic, never see combat.
357
00:19:03,289 --> 00:19:04,642
Why are you home now?
358
00:19:05,606 --> 00:19:07,380
I was shot.
359
00:19:08,424 --> 00:19:10,017
Thank you, corporal.
360
00:19:11,571 --> 00:19:13,418
You were a soldier in a war.
361
00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:15,369
I was told that I would never see combat.
362
00:19:15,369 --> 00:19:16,791
Is it your testimony that you
363
00:19:16,791 --> 00:19:18,178
were never trained in combat?
364
00:19:18,178 --> 00:19:19,764
That's not my testimony.
365
00:19:19,799 --> 00:19:22,919
And, corporal, before
you joined the national guard,
366
00:19:22,927 --> 00:19:25,200
you were roughly $6,000 in debt.
367
00:19:25,235 --> 00:19:25,867
Yes.
368
00:19:25,902 --> 00:19:28,023
And the government gave you
a hefty signing bonus,
369
00:19:28,023 --> 00:19:30,183
which you used to pay off that debt.
370
00:19:30,865 --> 00:19:31,573
Yes, sir.
371
00:19:31,608 --> 00:19:33,260
And now that you're back at home,
372
00:19:33,260 --> 00:19:36,417
going to college at night, tuition-free
and have a good job,
373
00:19:36,417 --> 00:19:38,480
both of which the government facilitated
374
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,097
based on your training in the national guard.
375
00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:43,243
–Yes, sir.
–And your testimony is
376
00:19:43,278 --> 00:19:46,919
that the government
didn't keep its promises to you.
377
00:19:47,814 --> 00:19:50,135
That is not my testimony.
378
00:19:58,938 --> 00:20:00,099
It's actually a good thing
379
00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:01,274
that they're calling a witness
380
00:20:01,274 --> 00:20:02,798
and that the judge wants
to hear from their side.
381
00:20:02,798 --> 00:20:03,919
It means we've…
382
00:20:07,447 --> 00:20:08,623
made an impression.
383
00:20:13,619 --> 00:20:15,718
–What's this?
–My Halloween costume.
384
00:20:15,718 --> 00:20:18,326
We were gonna be flamingos together.
385
00:20:18,361 --> 00:20:20,934
I decided to be a hunter. Leave.
386
00:20:21,495 --> 00:20:22,990
Hunters shoot flamingos.
387
00:20:26,716 --> 00:20:29,509
Could you excuse us, please?
388
00:20:32,972 --> 00:20:35,259
Denny, whether or not one agrees with the war…
389
00:20:35,259 --> 00:20:36,475
I don't want to talk about it.
390
00:20:36,475 --> 00:20:38,247
Why is that? Why does no one
want to talk about it?
391
00:20:38,247 --> 00:20:39,952
Why can't friends even discuss it?
392
00:20:39,952 --> 00:20:41,346
Because you're either with us or against us,
393
00:20:41,346 --> 00:20:44,586
and I don't want to talk to people
who are against us.
394
00:20:51,782 --> 00:20:55,668
Wicca is a way to reconnect.
395
00:20:55,703 --> 00:20:58,414
In our modern, mechanized world,
396
00:20:58,449 --> 00:21:01,125
people have lost touch with nature,
397
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,460
and Wicca teaches us that
398
00:21:03,502 --> 00:21:05,937
God is in all living things.
399
00:21:05,972 --> 00:21:07,721
What about magic?
400
00:21:07,756 --> 00:21:10,342
The only spells we cast are positive ones.
401
00:21:10,377 --> 00:21:12,341
We believe in the law of three.
402
00:21:12,376 --> 00:21:14,388
Whatever energy you put out in the
403
00:21:14,388 --> 00:21:17,745
world will return to you threefold.
404
00:21:17,780 --> 00:21:21,103
So we promote goodwill, not hexes.
405
00:21:21,138 --> 00:21:25,626
Tell us why you want Mrs Berleth to
end her witch act.
406
00:21:25,661 --> 00:21:28,200
The stereotype, the wicked witch.
407
00:21:28,235 --> 00:21:31,321
My daughter comes home at least once a week crying
408
00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:33,636
because the kids in school torment her
409
00:21:33,650 --> 00:21:36,250
and say she worships the devil.
410
00:21:36,285 --> 00:21:38,197
You don't worship satan, do you, Evelyn?
411
00:21:38,197 --> 00:21:41,004
Wicca has no concept of satan.
412
00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:44,605
The devil and fire and brimstone, hell.
413
00:21:46,299 --> 00:21:48,206
That stuff was dreamed up by Christians.
414
00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:49,733
“Dreamed up”?
415
00:21:55,178 --> 00:21:57,860
Now you said Wicca is an ancient belief.
416
00:21:57,895 --> 00:21:58,712
Yes.
417
00:21:58,842 --> 00:21:59,850
But I'm confused.
418
00:21:59,850 --> 00:22:02,644
Wasn't Wicca made up in England in the 1950s?
419
00:22:02,679 --> 00:22:04,111
It wasn't made up.
420
00:22:04,146 --> 00:22:07,169
It came about after England finally repealed
421
00:22:07,204 --> 00:22:10,193
the last of its witchcraft laws in 1951.
422
00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:12,362
But it's simply a modern
423
00:22:12,445 --> 00:22:14,531
version of an old belief system.
424
00:22:14,566 --> 00:22:15,914
Witchcraft laws?
425
00:22:15,949 --> 00:22:18,083
Laws created in England and Europe
426
00:22:18,118 --> 00:22:20,530
during what are called the burning times.
427
00:22:20,530 --> 00:22:22,622
It started in about 1480 and
428
00:22:22,706 --> 00:22:24,582
went on for hundreds of years.
429
00:22:24,617 --> 00:22:26,459
Tens of thousands of innocent
430
00:22:26,543 --> 00:22:28,211
people were burned at the stake
431
00:22:28,211 --> 00:22:31,339
–Because of these laws.
–Burned by whom?
432
00:22:31,374 --> 00:22:34,426
Well, the Christians.
433
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,350
You said you'd leave out the attacks.
434
00:22:42,350 --> 00:22:44,957
–She didn't attack you.
–Sam, Bob, please.
435
00:22:44,992 --> 00:22:46,380
They're making a mockery of our religion.
436
00:22:46,380 --> 00:22:47,972
I did no such thing,
437
00:22:48,830 --> 00:22:49,778
What?
438
00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:51,203
This is why we came to you.
439
00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:52,138
This is what we were talking about.
440
00:22:52,138 --> 00:22:52,677
Wait a second.
441
00:22:52,677 --> 00:22:54,309
You saw Denise behind our backs?
442
00:22:54,309 --> 00:22:55,741
It wasn't behind your back.
443
00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:57,139
Oh, so then you're a hypocrite.
444
00:22:57,139 --> 00:22:57,860
Hey, hey, hey.
445
00:22:57,860 --> 00:22:59,445
I didn't know I was dealing with a
hypocrite, that's all.
446
00:22:59,445 --> 00:23:00,268
Hey!
447
00:23:00,303 --> 00:23:01,256
Don't push me.
448
00:23:01,291 --> 00:23:02,810
Well, what are you gonna do,
turn me into a toad?
449
00:23:02,810 --> 00:23:04,670
–All right!
–We don't do hexes!
450
00:23:05,315 --> 00:23:07,595
We throw punches occasionally.
451
00:23:07,717 --> 00:23:09,217
All right, that's enough.
452
00:23:19,846 --> 00:23:22,786
I think I know where
you can put your broomstick.
453
00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:27,153
I told private Elliot exactly what
454
00:23:27,188 --> 00:23:29,236
he'd be getting into when he signed up.
455
00:23:29,236 --> 00:23:30,977
I answered all of his questions.
456
00:23:30,977 --> 00:23:33,714
Did you ever lie or mislead private Elliot
457
00:23:33,749 --> 00:23:36,451
when he came into your recruitment office?
458
00:23:36,486 --> 00:23:37,066
No, sir.
459
00:23:37,101 --> 00:23:38,562
We went over his service contract
460
00:23:38,562 --> 00:23:41,478
together, and explained
each provision completely.
461
00:23:41,478 --> 00:23:43,549
I may have emphasized the positive,
462
00:23:43,549 --> 00:23:44,989
but I never lied to him.
463
00:23:45,429 --> 00:23:47,189
You told private Elliot that he'd be
464
00:23:47,189 --> 00:23:48,880
doing things other than cannon loading?
465
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,387
Of course. I explained
all the contingencies to him.
466
00:23:52,422 --> 00:23:54,891
I told him the same thing I tell all recruits.
467
00:23:54,891 --> 00:23:55,650
Really?
468
00:23:55,685 --> 00:23:59,082
This man Mr Dewey, seated in the second row,
469
00:23:59,117 --> 00:24:01,791
went to your recruiting office yesterday
at our direction.
470
00:24:01,791 --> 00:24:02,945
Do you remember speaking with him, sir?
471
00:24:02,945 --> 00:24:03,574
Objection!
472
00:24:03,609 --> 00:24:06,152
Mr Shore? What are you doing here?
473
00:24:06,187 --> 00:24:07,169
Impeachment, your honor.
474
00:24:07,169 --> 00:24:08,942
Sergeant Hendler articulated that he
475
00:24:08,942 --> 00:24:10,680
tells the same thing to all recruits.
476
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,582
Mr Dewey is one of those all.
477
00:24:14,221 --> 00:24:15,517
I will allow it.
478
00:24:16,569 --> 00:24:18,507
But I have my eye on you.
479
00:24:19,078 --> 00:24:20,252
Again, sergeant,
480
00:24:20,287 --> 00:24:23,767
do you remember having a conversation
with this young man?
481
00:24:24,519 --> 00:24:25,968
–Vaguely.
–Vaguely?
482
00:24:26,003 --> 00:24:27,701
You told him the national guard
483
00:24:27,701 --> 00:24:29,329
could train him in sound mixing.
484
00:24:29,329 --> 00:24:32,563
We offer a wide spectrum
of training possibilities.
485
00:24:32,598 --> 00:24:34,954
Isn't it a fact that you never told
486
00:24:34,989 --> 00:24:37,222
Mr Dewey he'd have to do anything else?
487
00:24:37,222 --> 00:24:39,096
You also told him he'd
probably never see combat.
488
00:24:39,096 --> 00:24:40,592
I believe my words were
489
00:24:40,627 --> 00:24:42,589
“hopefully, he'd never see combat”.
490
00:24:42,589 --> 00:24:43,956
And if Mr Dewey says he
491
00:24:43,956 --> 00:24:45,486
never heard the word “hopefully,”
492
00:24:45,486 --> 00:24:46,768
would he be lying or mistaken?
493
00:24:46,768 --> 00:24:47,858
Because he's willing to take a polygraph.
494
00:24:47,858 --> 00:24:49,721
–Objection.
–Sustained.
495
00:24:49,756 --> 00:24:51,105
You also mentioned to him something
496
00:24:51,105 --> 00:24:52,985
about a “Try one” program.
497
00:24:53,020 --> 00:24:54,003
What's that?
498
00:24:54,038 --> 00:24:55,879
Try one is a 1-year trial program.
499
00:24:55,879 --> 00:24:57,450
If you sign up, and you aren't happy
500
00:24:57,450 --> 00:24:58,986
at the end of your 1-year contract,
501
00:24:58,986 --> 00:25:00,712
then you can leave without
502
00:25:00,747 --> 00:25:02,340
officially enlisting in the national guard.
503
00:25:02,340 --> 00:25:03,650
And that's what private Elliot
504
00:25:03,650 --> 00:25:04,720
signed up for, correct?
505
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:05,429
Yes, sir.
506
00:25:05,509 --> 00:25:07,494
See, this is what confuses me.
507
00:25:07,529 --> 00:25:09,589
Private Elliot served out his year,
508
00:25:09,589 --> 00:25:12,469
fulfilled his contract and clearly wasn't happy.
509
00:25:12,488 --> 00:25:14,125
Why didn't he just come home?
510
00:25:14,125 --> 00:25:15,685
Private Elliot was kept in
511
00:25:15,693 --> 00:25:17,355
Iraq under the stop loss program.
512
00:25:17,355 --> 00:25:19,165
In case you haven't noticed, we're at war.
513
00:25:19,165 --> 00:25:20,043
Yes.
514
00:25:20,078 --> 00:25:23,021
Tell me, sergeant,
under this stop loss program,
515
00:25:23,056 --> 00:25:25,414
how much longer had the military planned
516
00:25:25,414 --> 00:25:27,694
to keep private Elliot in the service?
517
00:25:27,702 --> 00:25:32,489
Private Elliot's obligation
was extended to 2031.
518
00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:38,747
26 years.
519
00:25:38,831 --> 00:25:41,667
Did you tell either Mr Elliot or
520
00:25:41,750 --> 00:25:44,545
Mr Dewey about these contingencies?
521
00:25:44,628 --> 00:25:46,755
We're at war, Mr Shore.
522
00:25:46,839 --> 00:25:48,465
We need soldiers.
523
00:25:48,549 --> 00:25:51,095
Yes. According to our generals
and military advisors,
524
00:25:51,095 --> 00:25:53,607
we need a lot more than
the 140,000 currently over there.
525
00:25:53,607 --> 00:25:55,287
Why are we not sending more?
526
00:26:01,580 --> 00:26:04,400
Are we trying to win this war
or not, sergeant?
527
00:26:23,945 --> 00:26:25,488
Your honor, this is clearly a
528
00:26:25,488 --> 00:26:26,823
stunt. He orchestrated this.
529
00:26:26,823 --> 00:26:28,639
These are the children who will be affected.
530
00:26:28,639 --> 00:26:30,941
That doesn't mean you parade them around
like exhibits.
531
00:26:30,941 --> 00:26:33,213
Counsel, this has already taken up enough time.
532
00:26:33,213 --> 00:26:36,150
Let's just get through this. Step back.
533
00:26:47,385 --> 00:26:50,137
Halloween is a secular holiday
534
00:26:50,221 --> 00:26:52,813
and as you can see, a fun one.
535
00:26:52,848 --> 00:26:54,975
Now the witch at the center of this
536
00:26:55,059 --> 00:26:57,138
case, played with gusto by Mrs Berleth,
537
00:26:57,138 --> 00:26:59,195
is not a symbol of satanism
538
00:26:59,230 --> 00:27:01,899
and in no way defames
the religion of the Wiccans.
539
00:27:01,899 --> 00:27:03,901
The whole pageant, indeed, all of
540
00:27:03,984 --> 00:27:05,938
Halloween everywhere is just make-believe.
541
00:27:05,938 --> 00:27:07,613
And to claim that this somehow
542
00:27:07,613 --> 00:27:09,865
rises to the level of persecution
543
00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:12,117
is not only laughable but offensive.
544
00:27:12,201 --> 00:27:13,494
Persecution is an issue,
545
00:27:13,494 --> 00:27:14,745
which, to be perfectly frank,
546
00:27:14,745 --> 00:27:16,205
neither of these suburban parents
547
00:27:16,205 --> 00:27:18,139
nor their high-priced attorneys
know anything about.
548
00:27:18,139 --> 00:27:19,154
And it's insulting to
549
00:27:19,154 --> 00:27:20,668
groups who have been persecuted
550
00:27:20,668 --> 00:27:23,799
to raise that issue at this time in this case.
551
00:27:42,189 --> 00:27:43,982
The First Amendment says we
552
00:27:44,066 --> 00:27:46,547
shouldn't discriminate against any group
553
00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:49,064
on the basis of region. It's a nice theory.
554
00:27:49,064 --> 00:27:51,323
But the truth is the law is rarely
555
00:27:51,406 --> 00:27:53,652
applied to protect the Christian faith,
556
00:27:53,652 --> 00:27:56,335
because being in the majority,
557
00:27:56,370 --> 00:27:59,122
well, I guess we feel they can take it.
558
00:27:59,157 --> 00:28:01,875
And if the religion is too far out there,
559
00:28:01,910 --> 00:28:04,336
Christian scientists? Sure.
560
00:28:04,371 --> 00:28:06,970
Scientologists? Maybe.
561
00:28:07,005 --> 00:28:09,841
Wiccans? Well, at what point
562
00:28:09,925 --> 00:28:12,656
does a religion become silly enough
563
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:15,388
that it's okay to make fun of them?
564
00:28:15,423 --> 00:28:17,481
And who decides?
565
00:28:17,516 --> 00:28:20,769
What this case is really about is tolerance.
566
00:28:20,804 --> 00:28:23,219
Whether it's Hindus attacking
567
00:28:23,254 --> 00:28:25,810
Jews or Muslims against Catholics,
568
00:28:25,845 --> 00:28:28,604
Christians fighting with Wiccans,
569
00:28:28,639 --> 00:28:31,363
the aim of the law is tolerance.
570
00:28:31,398 --> 00:28:33,406
And I could be wrong but,
571
00:28:33,448 --> 00:28:35,418
I don't think we ever ratified
572
00:28:35,453 --> 00:28:39,335
persecution under the heading of “fun”.
573
00:28:39,663 --> 00:28:43,500
Let me read you something by Martin Niemoeller,
574
00:28:43,535 --> 00:28:46,616
a German pastor who opposed the Nazis.
575
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,110
“In Germany, they came first
for the communists,”
576
00:28:50,145 --> 00:28:53,301
“and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a communist.
577
00:28:53,336 --> 00:28:54,803
”Then they came for the Jews,“
578
00:28:54,803 --> 00:28:58,640
“and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew”.
579
00:28:58,675 --> 00:29:01,559
“Then they came for the trade unionists,”
580
00:29:01,594 --> 00:29:03,520
“and I didn't speak up
581
00:29:03,603 --> 00:29:05,681
because I wasn't a trade unionist”.
582
00:29:05,681 --> 00:29:07,690
“Then they came for the Catholics,
583
00:29:07,690 --> 00:29:11,653
and I didn't speak up
because I was a Protestant”.
584
00:29:11,688 --> 00:29:14,193
“Then they came for me,”
585
00:29:14,228 --> 00:29:16,699
“and by that time, there
586
00:29:16,741 --> 00:29:19,285
was no one left to speak up”.
587
00:29:33,132 --> 00:29:37,094
In war, any war, there are casualties.
588
00:29:37,129 --> 00:29:39,468
For the family of a victim
589
00:29:39,503 --> 00:29:41,807
to sue the army for such a
590
00:29:41,891 --> 00:29:44,143
casualty is not only patently ridiculous,
591
00:29:44,143 --> 00:29:45,728
it's an insult.
592
00:29:45,811 --> 00:29:47,719
First, it offends the memory
593
00:29:47,754 --> 00:29:49,663
of the soldier who gave his life
594
00:29:49,663 --> 00:29:52,124
to defend his country.
595
00:29:52,159 --> 00:29:56,085
Worse, it's an attack on patriotism and
the U.S. army itself.
596
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,075
He enlisted. He was trained in combat.
597
00:29:59,110 --> 00:30:02,180
He assumed the risks of combat.
598
00:30:02,215 --> 00:30:05,485
This lawsuit merely represents
a flamboyant attempt
599
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:10,166
to showcase antiwar sentiment.
It is wrong. It is baseless.
600
00:30:10,201 --> 00:30:13,056
And it's an affront to every soldier,
to every veteran
601
00:30:13,056 --> 00:30:15,114
who has put himself on the line to
602
00:30:15,149 --> 00:30:17,207
defend the United states of America.
603
00:30:17,207 --> 00:30:20,597
Especially, primarily, the ones
604
00:30:20,632 --> 00:30:24,309
who have given their lives to do so.
605
00:30:32,566 --> 00:30:35,386
First, this is hardly about antiwar sentiments.
606
00:30:35,396 --> 00:30:37,286
Private Elliot was for the war.
607
00:30:37,321 --> 00:30:40,046
Personally, I was against it.
Then I was for it.
608
00:30:40,046 --> 00:30:42,736
Then I was against it again.
But that's just me.
609
00:30:42,736 --> 00:30:44,787
I'm a flip-flopper.
610
00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:47,070
But whether one is for or against the occupation,
611
00:30:47,070 --> 00:30:49,235
and let's assume, judging from your tie, one is,
612
00:30:49,235 --> 00:30:51,461
that does not exempt the military from
613
00:30:51,461 --> 00:30:53,775
a duty to be honest with its soldiers.
614
00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:56,173
Private Elliot was told he'd serve a year.
615
00:30:56,173 --> 00:30:57,827
He was told he wouldn't see combat.
616
00:30:57,827 --> 00:30:59,446
Okay, unexpected stuff happens.
617
00:30:59,446 --> 00:31:01,021
He did see combat. Fine.
618
00:31:01,056 --> 00:31:04,721
But he was sent into combat
with insufficient backup.
619
00:31:04,756 --> 00:31:06,741
He was sent in to perform duties
620
00:31:06,776 --> 00:31:08,357
for which he was never, ever trained.
621
00:31:08,357 --> 00:31:10,997
He wasn't given the most basic of equipment.
622
00:31:11,025 --> 00:31:13,658
And then after his tour of duty was finally up,
623
00:31:13,658 --> 00:31:14,809
they wouldn't let him leave.
624
00:31:14,809 --> 00:31:18,924
He never assumed those risks by enlisting.
625
00:31:20,664 --> 00:31:23,080
Over-extended, under-equipped,
626
00:31:23,115 --> 00:31:25,722
non-trained. He never signed up for that.
627
00:31:25,757 --> 00:31:27,436
And now he's dead.
628
00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:31,676
And aside from his sister,
nobody seems to care.
629
00:31:31,711 --> 00:31:33,485
We talk about honoring the troops.
630
00:31:33,485 --> 00:31:35,274
How about we honor them by
631
00:31:35,309 --> 00:31:37,751
giving a damn when they're killed?
632
00:31:37,786 --> 00:31:40,158
Our kids are dying over there.
633
00:31:40,193 --> 00:31:43,244
And this country, the people, the media,
634
00:31:43,279 --> 00:31:46,260
we all chug along like nothing is wrong.
635
00:31:46,295 --> 00:31:49,059
We'll spend a month obsessing
about Terry Schiavo,
636
00:31:49,059 --> 00:31:52,006
but dare we show a body
of a fallen soldier?
637
00:31:52,297 --> 00:31:54,855
The most watched cable news station
638
00:31:54,890 --> 00:31:56,799
will spend an hour a night
639
00:31:56,834 --> 00:31:58,673
on a missing girl in Aruba.
640
00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:01,307
But God forbid we pay any attention
641
00:32:01,342 --> 00:32:03,907
when kids like private Elliot,
killed in action…
642
00:32:03,907 --> 00:32:06,437
–You're off the point.
–I'm not off the point.
643
00:32:06,437 --> 00:32:08,977
We've had 2,000 American trees
644
00:32:09,012 --> 00:32:11,483
fall in that forest over there,
645
00:32:11,518 --> 00:32:14,980
and we don't even know it, not really.
646
00:32:15,015 --> 00:32:16,875
But maybe we don't want to know
647
00:32:16,882 --> 00:32:17,831
about our children dying.
648
00:32:17,831 --> 00:32:20,855
So lucky for us, this war isn't really
being televised.
649
00:32:20,855 --> 00:32:22,835
We're not seeing images of soldiers
650
00:32:22,835 --> 00:32:24,746
dying in the arms of their comrades,
651
00:32:24,746 --> 00:32:26,581
being blown apart
in the streets of Baghdad.
652
00:32:26,581 --> 00:32:29,572
But they are by the thousands.
653
00:32:29,607 --> 00:32:32,003
And all the American public wants to
concern itself with
654
00:32:32,003 --> 00:32:34,521
is whether Brad and Angelina
really are a couple.
655
00:32:34,521 --> 00:32:37,556
At least with Vietnam, we all watched,
and we all got angry.
656
00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:40,557
What does this have to do with
the death of private Elliot?
657
00:32:40,557 --> 00:32:42,896
Private Elliot is dead, in part,
658
00:32:42,931 --> 00:32:46,051
because we have a people
and a government in denial.
659
00:32:46,411 --> 00:32:49,883
We currently have no strategy to fight this war.
660
00:32:49,918 --> 00:32:51,326
We have no timetable for getting out.
661
00:32:51,326 --> 00:32:54,103
Some of these troops
could be extended 20-plus years.
662
00:32:54,103 --> 00:32:56,639
Their mothers and fathers have
to spring for body armor
663
00:32:56,639 --> 00:32:59,141
because the army doesn't,
and they're getting killed!
664
00:32:59,141 --> 00:33:02,882
And we, as a nation in denial,
are letting them.
665
00:33:02,917 --> 00:33:06,589
We simply don't seem to care.
Well, she does.
666
00:33:06,624 --> 00:33:12,113
She's in this courtroom
honoring one dead soldier.
667
00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:17,374
That's a start.
668
00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:46,848
We're dealing here with a pageant
in a public school.
669
00:33:46,883 --> 00:33:51,552
A public school can't promote the
exercise of any religion,
670
00:33:51,587 --> 00:33:55,441
and it can't denigrate
the followers of any religion.
671
00:33:55,934 --> 00:34:00,647
No one should take that lightly. And indeed,
672
00:34:00,682 --> 00:34:02,941
Christians, witches and other groups
673
00:34:03,025 --> 00:34:05,200
have been persecuted over the years,
674
00:34:05,235 --> 00:34:08,947
and no one should take persecution lightly.
675
00:34:08,982 --> 00:34:10,747
But…
676
00:34:10,782 --> 00:34:14,161
we should take Halloween lightly.
677
00:34:14,196 --> 00:34:16,413
As the defense pointed out,
678
00:34:16,496 --> 00:34:18,588
Halloween is a secular holiday.
679
00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:21,883
But more importantly,
it's a silly holiday.
680
00:34:21,918 --> 00:34:26,506
Children don't see a witch
as a symbol of any sort.
681
00:34:26,541 --> 00:34:31,094
A witch is just something
to enjoy being afraid of.
682
00:34:31,129 --> 00:34:33,645
Motion by the plaintiffs is denied.
683
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:37,225
The Halloween pageant
will go on as it always has.
684
00:34:37,260 --> 00:34:40,152
And I advise both parties to lighten up
685
00:34:40,187 --> 00:34:44,858
and remember what Halloween really is all about.
686
00:34:44,893 --> 00:34:47,824
The candy. Court adjourned.
687
00:34:50,155 --> 00:34:51,538
–Sorry.
–Oh, it's okay.
688
00:34:51,573 --> 00:34:54,146
–We forgive you.
–I thought you might.
689
00:34:55,737 --> 00:34:57,481
–Thank you both.
–Bye.
690
00:34:58,298 --> 00:35:00,077
–I'm sorry.
–Thank you.
691
00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:05,420
Listen, tonight's Samhain,
692
00:35:05,503 --> 00:35:08,138
that's what we call Halloween.
693
00:35:08,173 --> 00:35:11,259
There's a women's circle
after the celebration.
694
00:35:11,294 --> 00:35:12,976
It's a full moon.
695
00:35:13,011 --> 00:35:14,723
It's the perfect time for letting the
696
00:35:14,723 --> 00:35:19,309
energy of the goddess
heal and restore you.
697
00:35:19,344 --> 00:35:23,187
You need it. I'll fax you directions.
698
00:35:23,222 --> 00:35:25,523
Thank you so much.
699
00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:33,819
Do I strike you as being out of harmony?
700
00:35:41,414 --> 00:35:43,708
All rise!
701
00:35:56,929 --> 00:35:59,939
This war is a disaster.
702
00:35:59,974 --> 00:36:03,936
It has been sold to America
on a false premise.
703
00:36:03,971 --> 00:36:05,759
The government has been repeatedly told
704
00:36:05,759 --> 00:36:09,779
by its most senior military advisors
that it needs far more troops.
705
00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:14,412
The advisors have been ignored or in
some cases even fired,
706
00:36:14,613 --> 00:36:17,657
and now we have what very much looks
707
00:36:17,692 --> 00:36:20,702
like the beginning of another Vietnam,
708
00:36:20,737 --> 00:36:24,623
except, as Mr Shore points out,
709
00:36:24,707 --> 00:36:28,085
without the necessary outrage.
710
00:36:28,169 --> 00:36:32,132
That said, like it or not, we are at war.
711
00:36:32,167 --> 00:36:35,375
And the one thing that keeps the
712
00:36:35,410 --> 00:36:39,276
military functioning in war is its hierarchy.
713
00:36:39,311 --> 00:36:41,781
Orders are given, orders followed.
714
00:36:41,816 --> 00:36:44,217
That's why congress has granted the
715
00:36:44,252 --> 00:36:47,399
military immunity in lawsuits like this.
716
00:36:49,072 --> 00:36:51,074
Miss Elliot, I have the deepest
717
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:54,935
sympathy for you and for your brother.
718
00:36:55,641 --> 00:36:56,958
However…
719
00:36:58,030 --> 00:37:00,838
I rule in favor of the government.
720
00:37:00,873 --> 00:37:03,647
The motion to dismiss is granted.
721
00:37:12,588 --> 00:37:15,090
I hope at least somebody
heard your screams.
722
00:37:15,090 --> 00:37:18,978
If not, then maybe they heard
yours. Thank you.
723
00:37:24,224 --> 00:37:28,902
Well… Bye.
724
00:37:28,937 --> 00:37:33,240
–Why?
–I'm sorry?
725
00:37:33,275 --> 00:37:35,484
Why does it have to be good-bye?
726
00:37:50,208 --> 00:37:52,875
We lost, if it's any consolation.
727
00:37:52,910 --> 00:37:54,629
It isn't.
728
00:37:55,213 --> 00:37:57,340
Anybody who truly loves this country, Denny,
729
00:37:57,340 --> 00:37:59,592
must at least try to
730
00:37:59,676 --> 00:38:01,886
understand the awful truth over there.
731
00:38:01,886 --> 00:38:03,930
One of the reasons it's happening over there
732
00:38:03,930 --> 00:38:05,390
Is so it won't happen here.
733
00:38:05,390 --> 00:38:07,434
I'm afraid I don't agree with you, Denny.
734
00:38:07,434 --> 00:38:10,145
But if Americans can continue to
735
00:38:10,228 --> 00:38:12,928
nurture the expression of differing opinions,
736
00:38:12,939 --> 00:38:16,860
what's happening over there
will never happen here.
737
00:38:44,752 --> 00:38:46,230
I don't, I don't think
738
00:38:46,265 --> 00:38:48,410
people recognize our costumes.
739
00:38:48,445 --> 00:38:50,555
Maybe we should use the accents.
740
00:38:59,310 --> 00:39:02,071
I give you my word. I'm not trying to
be disrespectful.
741
00:39:02,071 --> 00:39:05,060
I just wanted to feel… hot.
742
00:39:21,792 --> 00:39:23,391
Tried it on.
743
00:39:23,426 --> 00:39:25,184
Looked good. Kept it on.
744
00:39:25,219 --> 00:39:29,014
–Doesn't mean I forgive you.
–Got it.
745
00:39:29,049 --> 00:39:32,399
Denny? You look pretty in pink.
746
00:39:32,434 --> 00:39:36,522
–Not having sex with you.
–Just the same.
747
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,031
What exactly is our costume again?
748
00:39:46,066 --> 00:39:47,660
It's, um,
749
00:39:47,695 --> 00:39:49,387
“I look good in white tails”.
750
00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:52,282
Ah. Right.
751
00:39:54,123 --> 00:39:56,583
Thank you. Did I say that?
752
00:39:56,618 --> 00:40:00,041
To Alan Shore you did.
753
00:40:00,076 --> 00:40:03,465
–Nothing for you?
–No.
754
00:40:28,782 --> 00:40:30,784
What are you thinking about?
755
00:40:34,037 --> 00:40:36,456
It's not a trick question.
756
00:40:38,375 --> 00:40:42,379
Can I have a solitary, pensive moment,
757
00:40:42,414 --> 00:40:44,596
keep a thought to myself?
758
00:40:44,631 --> 00:40:47,551
You forgot what you were thinking.
759
00:40:52,264 --> 00:40:54,124
I don't presume to know whether
760
00:40:54,140 --> 00:40:55,892
this is a good war or not, Denny.
761
00:40:55,892 --> 00:40:58,513
But there can be no dispute
it's a complex one,
762
00:40:58,513 --> 00:41:02,691
one that we as a citizenry, as patriots,
763
00:41:02,726 --> 00:41:05,033
need to be talking about.
764
00:41:05,068 --> 00:41:08,071
Here's all you need to know,
put me in charge.
765
00:41:08,106 --> 00:41:12,200
I'll win the damn thing.
–No doubt.
766
00:41:12,235 --> 00:41:13,246
Do you think the army
767
00:41:13,246 --> 00:41:15,787
would let two flamingos enlist?
768
00:41:15,822 --> 00:41:19,124
Don't ask, don't tell.
769
00:41:23,837 --> 00:41:26,541
Most of the Cranes in my family were flamingos.
770
00:41:26,541 --> 00:41:28,508
Indeed.53315
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