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You wanna 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 school
over the Halloween pageant.

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In particular,
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.
The other group is, uh-

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- Well-
- Yes?

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- Witches.
- Did you say "witches"?

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- I said witches.
- 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 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 lawyers,
in case there are conflicts-

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Yes. And you think the senior partner
of the firm should be doing this because-

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It'll be fun. Plus, you promised
I'd get to tee cases with you.

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- Do you know your briefcase is smoking?
- It’s the season, Brad.

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"Bubble, bubble, toil" and so forth.

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- This is a law firm.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
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 flaw that
the army is immune from these suits.

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There is probably no way to win this.
That's why we came to you.

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You have a high success 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 cy every night
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.
- Ah!

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Shirley Schmidt,
Grace and Bob Mathias.

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- They're, uh-
- The Christians.

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- And Evelyn and Sam Sartell.
- The witches.

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- Wiccans.
- Sorry.

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As I understand it, the four of you want to
stop the school celebration of Halloween.

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- It's Satanic.
- That's not the position we're taking.

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We're not allowed
to have a Christmas concert...

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because of the whole
church and state thing, but eve year-

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- At our children's school.
- A public school.

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- Paid for with our taxes.
- They have a Halloween pageant.

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- It's a pageant, is it?
- Where not only are images...

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of witches prominently displayed,
but the principal of the school-

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- Mrs. Berlet.
- dresses up like a witch.

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And she cackles.

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- She cackles?
- Bloodcurdling cackles.

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- We find the whole thing horribly offensive.
- Because?

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Miss 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 ask you, are we green?
Do we have warts?

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And as a Christian couple...

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we resent having our faith marginalized
while Satan worship is openly-

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Witches don't worship Satan, Grace.

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promoted... specifically.

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- It's not fair.
- It's defamatory.

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You can see while both couples are on
the same side, we have competing claims.

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- But we're putting our differences aside.
- For the greater good.

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Yes.

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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 vey case.

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Adjust as clearly,
they wanna shut it down fast.

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- So what happens?
- Well, instead of responding in kind...

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I plan to ask the judge
furan evidentiary hearing.

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My feeling is after
listening to you, Cassie...

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he'll be less inclined
to just summarily dismiss the claim.

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- Okay.
- I t 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 brother's memoranda his sacrifice.

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Okay.

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We filed in state court
under the State Torts Claim Act...

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and miraculously,
adjudge 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...

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I have never seen
a case so ridiculous.

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- I t nauseates me.
- Your Honor is being a little dramatic.

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He was a soldiering a war.
What's more, he enlisted.

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Private Elliott's tour of duty was over.
He should not have been in Iraq.

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He enlisted in part because
he was fraudulently recruited.

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Moreover, the army
then put him in job...

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for which he was not trained
and which resulted in his death.

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Move to dismiss. The United States Army
is immune from this sort-

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Not to claims based on fraud,
which this is.

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What if the families fever soldier
killed in combat decided to sue?

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We'd have a logistical nightmare.
Fortunately...

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we're only 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
a couple of witnesses before doing so.

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You have a legacy of
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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OO.

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- He actually got a hearing?
- Don't ask me how.

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- Well, what did he say?
- Don’t you two have anything else to do?

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Um, we're discussing a case, sir.

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I tm’s not a case.
It's an 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. Shine your shoes, now.

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- And how's your grooming?
- I think nine, 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 is an arrogant dismissal
of that 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,
you disrespect me.

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I don't like it.

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Is it true?

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- You're criticizing the war?
- Constructive criticism.

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- What?
- 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 enough
to keep their mouths shut on this.

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Edward R. Murrow said we should
never confuse dissent with disloyalty.

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Edward R. Murrow is media,
and he's dead. Dead don't count.

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Dead do count, Denny,
which 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.

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No.

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I'll boil you whole...

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and 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 Berlet’s behavior
during the Halloween pageant?

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Yes, except she does sort oaf... swoop.

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Could we see the swoop, please?

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Oh!

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Your Honor-

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Your Honor-

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Your Honor, the defense stipulates
she's scaly as all get out.

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Mrs. Berlet,
you may be seated.

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The court thanks you for
the riveting demonstration.

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Why is Mrs. Berlet’s 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.
"It’s just a movie. " "It’s just a video game. "

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"It’s just the Super Bowl halftime show. "

150
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But she's not just
a witch to you, is she?

151
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No. And I should be able to protect
my children from things I deem harmful.

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Tying to raise my kids to have strong Christian
values in today's world is hard enough...

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without the head of the school
dressing up like a servant of Satan.

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It's bad enough my seven-year-old
knows all about...

155
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bitches, pimps and hoes
from Grand Theft Auto.

156
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"Michael Jackson" and "child molestation"
are now words in his vernacular.

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My sixth-grade daughter
has classmates who will, excuse me...

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perform oral sex for a dollar.

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All of this is learned at school.
This is why we're so livid.

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This is why so many of us
are home-schooling.

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But I don't wanna have to do that.
Public school is just that.

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I tm’s our school too...
and Satan shouldn't be there.

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The National Guard said
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?
- He was going to be a cannon loader...

166
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not one of the guys on the streets.

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They promised.
Then he was reassigned...

168
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to doing the job of an M. P.,
guarding a convoy truck.

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He made awoke that he should've
just joined the Boston P. D...

170
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if he was going to travel hallway
around the world to become a cop.

171
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Cassie, what happened on
September 2 of this year?

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1ems convoy was pulling through
a town called Iskanderia.

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They nearly ran over an I. E. D.

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It's an Improvised Explosive Device.

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- A bomb.
- They had to disarm it before the convoy could go on.

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And Jeff didn't have any training
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 would-
Always the one you could count on.

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- He just never should've been there!
- Okay.

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But, Cassie, he did enlist.

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You sign up for the military, 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?
- I have nothing for Miss Elliott...

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except to thank her family
for the sacrifice that they've made...

189
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during this difficult
struggle for freedom.

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- Here you are.
- Thank you.

191
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- Thank you.
- Hi.

192
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- Did we have a meeting?
- Denise, we have some concerns about our case.

193
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- Okay. Well, please.
- Thanks.

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We don't wanna make trouble, but the
Christians keep bringing up Satanism...

195
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which completely misrepresents
what our religion is about.

196
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We're worried that the Wiccan side
isn't being represented fairly.

197
00:14:05,857 --> 00:14:10,525
I mean, we're a recognized religion
with hundreds of thousands of followers.

198
00:14:10,628 --> 00:14:12,530
We’re just looking for balance.

199
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Well, your side is up next, and you'll
be able to state your position fully.

200
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- I promise.
- Thank you.

201
00:14:20,269 --> 00:14:23,331
- That's all we ask.
- Yeah.

202
00:14:26,774 --> 00:14:30,041
- Uh, should we say something?
- What?

203
00:14:30,143 --> 00:14:32,238
Um, Denise-

204
00:14:32,345 --> 00:14:35,215
Uh, we don't know you vowel.

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00:14:35,314 --> 00:14:38,843
Wiccans care about spreading goodwill...

206
00:14:38,949 --> 00:14:42,410
and restoring the natural balance
of the world.

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00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,617
And from you, well,
we're feeling a quiet...

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screaming disharmony.

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00:14:48,290 --> 00:14:52,891
- Come again?
- Maybe it has to do with the fact you’re recently divorced.

210
00:14:52,995 --> 00:14:55,055
How did you know that?

211
00:14:55,163 --> 00:14:58,294
You have a tan line from your ring.

212
00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:03,566
We can help.
I tm’s-I tm’s what we do.

213
00:15:03,669 --> 00:15:09,078
I appreciate your concern,
but I'm completely... harmonic.

214
00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:12,304
- Okay.
- Okay.

215
00:15:23,785 --> 00:15:27,417
This case is going great.
You did excellent today.

216
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Uh-Yeah, whatever that means.

217
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So-

218
00:15:33,093 --> 00:15:35,690
So I'm just going to-

219
00:15:39,098 --> 00:15:42,069
I'm-

220
00:15:42,166 --> 00:15:46,435
I don't want to have sex
with you anymore.

221
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Yeah.

222
00:15:50,806 --> 00:15:54,677
Well, as it turns out, as my client...

223
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I'm not supposed to have sex
with you inlay.

224
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So there we are.

225
00:16:04,752 --> 00:16:06,654
There we are.

226
00:17:01,163 --> 00:17:03,189
I'm tying on my Halloween costume.

227
00:17:04,831 --> 00:17:09,238
- What are your thoughts?
- I prefer to be alone. Please leave.

228
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- Why?
- No reason.

229
00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:15,740
If you were to guess at a reason.

230
00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,743
If were to guess, I'd say maybe...

231
00:17:18,842 --> 00:17:21,746
I don't wanna socialize with
a pink liberal Democrat commie.

232
00:17:21,845 --> 00:17:23,838
Ah.

233
00:17:23,947 --> 00:17:26,247
You may think
it's patriotic to dissent.

234
00:17:26,349 --> 00:17:28,545
And maybe it is... sometimes.

235
00:17:28,651 --> 00:17:32,682
But to sue the army
at a time of war is not patriotic.

236
00:17:32,788 --> 00:17:36,089
I t borders on treason,
and I'm disgusted with you.

237
00:17:36,190 --> 00:17:39,720
Adjust so you know,
most of the Democrats voted for this war.

238
00:17:39,827 --> 00:17:43,528
John Keynoted for it.
Hillary Clinton voted for it.

239
00:17:43,630 --> 00:17:45,826
And now, suddenly,
it becomes unpopular.

240
00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:48,527
Say what you will
about Republicans.

241
00:17:48,633 --> 00:17:51,264
We stick to our convictions
even when we know we're dead wrong.

242
00:17:51,369 --> 00:17:53,702
- Some might say especially then.
- It's not funny, Alan!

243
00:17:55,205 --> 00:17:57,675
I can't look at you right now.

244
00:17:57,774 --> 00:18:00,177
I don't know
how you could miss me.

245
00:18:02,845 --> 00:18:06,649
This is how I feel,
and I don't wanna be in your company.

246
00:18:28,699 --> 00:18:31,465
On the ground,
there's separate rules...

247
00:18:31,567 --> 00:18:35,027
- for National Guards and active duty soldiers.
- How do you mean?

248
00:18:35,135 --> 00:18:37,470
Guardsmen have to write home
for essential supplies-

249
00:18:37,572 --> 00:18:42,104
little things like flashlights, batteries,
to major stuff like body armor.

250
00:18:42,209 --> 00:18:45,305
- You weren't given proper body armor?
- None of us were.

251
00:18:45,411 --> 00:18:48,815
- Now, you were trained as a medic.
- Yes, sir.

252
00:18:48,914 --> 00:18:52,317
When I got there, they had me doing M. P. duty
because there was no one left to do it.

253
00:18:52,416 --> 00:18:55,616
- Before I knew it, I was guarding convoys.
- With Private Elliott?

254
00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,453
It happened to a lot of us.
There just aren't enough guys over there.

255
00:18:58,556 --> 00:19:01,549
Corporal, based on what
your recruiter told you...

256
00:19:01,657 --> 00:19:04,994
is this what you expected when
you signed up for the National Guard?

257
00:19:05,094 --> 00:19:07,496
No, sir. No, I wanted to go
into the medical field.

258
00:19:07,596 --> 00:19:10,430
My recruiter told me the government
would pay for my medical school...

259
00:19:10,531 --> 00:19:13,627
and that in Iraq
I'd be a medic, never see combat.

260
00:19:13,734 --> 00:19:16,899
- Why are you home now?
- I was shot.

261
00:19:18,571 --> 00:19:20,734
Thank you, Corporal.

262
00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:24,308
You were a soldier in a war.

263
00:19:24,409 --> 00:19:26,310
I was told that
I would never see combat.

264
00:19:26,410 --> 00:19:28,903
Is it your testimony that
you were never trained in combat?

265
00:19:29,012 --> 00:19:31,141
- That's not my testimony.
- And, Corporal...

266
00:19:31,247 --> 00:19:33,308
before you joined
the National Guard...

267
00:19:33,416 --> 00:19:35,317
you were roughly $6, OOO in debt.

268
00:19:35,417 --> 00:19:38,184
- Yes.
- And the government gave you a hefty signing bonus...

269
00:19:38,287 --> 00:19:40,188
which you used to pay off that debt.

270
00:19:40,289 --> 00:19:42,087
Yes, sir.

271
00:19:42,189 --> 00:19:46,026
And now that you’re back at home
going to college at night tuition-free...

272
00:19:46,126 --> 00:19:49,098
and have a good job, both of which
the government facilitated...

273
00:19:49,195 --> 00:19:51,026
based on your training
in the National Guard.

274
00:19:51,129 --> 00:19:52,928
Yes, sir.

275
00:19:53,031 --> 00:19:57,597
And your testimony is that the government
didn't keep its promises to you.

276
00:19:57,702 --> 00:20:01,539
That is not my testimony, sir.
That's-

277
00:20:09,544 --> 00:20:13,314
It's a good thing that they're calling a witness
and the judge wants to hear from their side.

278
00:20:13,415 --> 00:20:15,316
It means we...

279
00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:19,985
made an impression.

280
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:26,686
- What's this?
- My Halloween costume.

281
00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:29,992
- We were going to be flamingos together.
- I decided to be a hunter.

282
00:20:30,094 --> 00:20:33,327
- Leave.
- Hunters shoot flamingos.

283
00:20:37,399 --> 00:20:40,462
Could you excuse us, please?

284
00:20:43,471 --> 00:20:46,671
- Denny, whether or not one agrees with the war-
- I don't wanna talk about it.

285
00:20:46,774 --> 00:20:48,903
Why is that? Why does
no one wanna talk about it?

286
00:20:49,009 --> 00:20:51,980
- Why can't friends discuss it?
- Because you’re either with us or against us.

287
00:20:52,078 --> 00:20:55,141
And I don't wanna talk
to people who are against us!

288
00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,184
Wicca is a way to reconnect.

289
00:21:06,290 --> 00:21:08,919
In our modern,
mechanized world...

290
00:21:09,024 --> 00:21:11,620
people have lost touch with nature...

291
00:21:11,728 --> 00:21:15,757
and Wicca teaches us that
God is in all living things.

292
00:21:15,863 --> 00:21:20,429
- What about magic?
- The only spells we cast are positive ones.

293
00:21:20,534 --> 00:21:22,697
We believe in the Law of Three.

294
00:21:22,803 --> 00:21:27,607
Whatever energy you put out in
the world will return to you threefold.

295
00:21:27,706 --> 00:21:30,701
So we promote goodwill, not hexes.

296
00:21:30,809 --> 00:21:35,875
Tell us why you want
Mrs. Berlet to end her witch act.

297
00:21:35,980 --> 00:21:38,348
The stereotype-
the wicked witch.

298
00:21:38,448 --> 00:21:41,715
My daughter comes home
at least once a week crying...

299
00:21:41,817 --> 00:21:46,451
because the kids in school torment her
and say she worships the devil.

300
00:21:46,554 --> 00:21:48,751
You don't worship Satan, do you, Evelyn?

301
00:21:48,857 --> 00:21:51,224
Wicca has no concept of Satan.

302
00:21:51,325 --> 00:21:56,357
The devil and fire
and brimstone, hell-

303
00:21:56,462 --> 00:21:58,431
That stuff was dreamed up by Christians.

304
00:21:58,530 --> 00:22:00,966
"Dreamed up. "

305
00:22:06,169 --> 00:22:09,539
- Now, you said Wicca is an ancient belief.
- Yes.

306
00:22:09,639 --> 00:22:13,078
But I'm confused. Wasn't Wicca
made up in England in the 1950s?

307
00:22:13,175 --> 00:22:16,237
It wasn't made up.
It came about...

308
00:22:16,344 --> 00:22:20,580
after England finally repealed
the last obits witchcraft laws in 1951.

309
00:22:20,681 --> 00:22:24,950
But it's simply modern version
of an old belief system.

310
00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:28,513
- Witchcraft laws?
- Laws created in England and Europe...

311
00:22:28,621 --> 00:22:30,750
during what are called
the Burning Times.

312
00:22:30,856 --> 00:22:35,319
It started in about 1480
and went on for hundreds of years.

313
00:22:35,427 --> 00:22:37,659
Tens of thousands
of innocent people...

314
00:22:37,762 --> 00:22:39,993
were burned at the stake
because of these laws.

315
00:22:40,096 --> 00:22:44,503
- Burned by whom?
- Well, the Christians.

316
00:22:50,671 --> 00:22:53,643
- You said you'd leave out the attacks.
- She didn't attack you.

317
00:22:53,741 --> 00:22:57,076
- Sam, Bob, please.
- They're making a mockery of our religion.

318
00:22:57,176 --> 00:22:59,943
I did no such thing. What?

319
00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:02,744
This is why we came to you.
This is what we were talking about.

320
00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:04,750
Wait a second.
You saw Denise behind our backs?

321
00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,446
- It wasn't behind your backs.
- So then you're a hypocrite?

322
00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:10,455
- Hey, hey, hey.
- I didn't know I was dealing with a hypocrite. That's all.

323
00:23:10,554 --> 00:23:13,025
- Don't push me!
- What are you going to do, turn me into a toad?

324
00:23:13,123 --> 00:23:16,151
- All right. - Bob-
- We don't do hexes.

325
00:23:16,258 --> 00:23:19,286
- We throw punches occasionally.
- All right, that's enough.

326
00:23:19,394 --> 00:23:22,024
- I'm sick of the attacks. - I will
kill you! - I've had enough offal of you!

327
00:23:22,129 --> 00:23:24,031
- Spoken like a true Christian!
- What did you just say?

328
00:23:24,131 --> 00:23:26,863
- Is this the fun part?
- I think I know where you can put your broomstick.

329
00:23:26,967 --> 00:23:29,096
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Same place you can put your cross, man.

330
00:23:29,202 --> 00:23:31,672
Stop it! All of you, stop it!
All of you, stop it!

331
00:23:35,674 --> 00:23:39,875
I told Private Elliott exactly what
he'd be getting into when he signed up.

332
00:23:39,977 --> 00:23:42,413
I answered all of his questions.

333
00:23:42,512 --> 00:23:47,385
Did you ever lie or mislead Private Elliott
when he came into your recruitment office?

334
00:23:47,483 --> 00:23:49,385
No, sir. We went over
his service contract together...

335
00:23:49,485 --> 00:23:52,149
and I explained
each provision completely.

336
00:23:52,253 --> 00:23:56,124
I may have emphasized the positive,
but I never lied to him.

337
00:23:56,223 --> 00:23:59,218
You told Private Elliott that he'd be
doing things other than cannon loading?

338
00:23:59,326 --> 00:24:03,026
Of course. I explained
all the contingencies to him.

339
00:24:03,130 --> 00:24:05,862
- I told him the same thing I tell all recruits.
- Really?

340
00:24:05,965 --> 00:24:09,734
This man, Mr. Dewey,
seated in the second row...

341
00:24:09,834 --> 00:24:12,066
went to your recruiting office
yesterday at our direction.

342
00:24:12,169 --> 00:24:13,967
- Do you remember speaking with him?
- Objection.

343
00:24:14,071 --> 00:24:17,168
- Mr. Shore, what are you doing here?
- Impeachment, Your Honor.

344
00:24:17,273 --> 00:24:21,303
Sgt. Handler articulated that
he tells the same thing to all recruits.

345
00:24:21,409 --> 00:24:24,506
Mr. Dewey is one of those "all. "

346
00:24:24,613 --> 00:24:28,712
I will allow it.
But I have my eye on you.

347
00:24:28,816 --> 00:24:31,582
Again, Sergeant,
do you remember...

348
00:24:31,684 --> 00:24:34,177
having a conversation
with this young man?

349
00:24:34,286 --> 00:24:36,188
- Vaguely.
- Vaguely?

350
00:24:36,288 --> 00:24:39,521
You told him the National Guard
could train him in sound mixing.

351
00:24:39,624 --> 00:24:42,824
We offer wide spectrum
of training possibilities.

352
00:24:42,927 --> 00:24:47,230
Isn't it a fact that you never told
Mr. Dewey he'd have to do anything else?

353
00:24:47,329 --> 00:24:50,733
You also told him
he'd probably never see combat?

354
00:24:50,833 --> 00:24:52,996
I believe my words were hopeful/_
he'd never see combat.

355
00:24:53,103 --> 00:24:57,166
And if Mr. Dewey says he never heard the word
"hopefully;' would he be lying or mistaken?

356
00:24:57,271 --> 00:24:59,173
- He's willing to take a polygraph.
- Objection.

357
00:24:59,273 --> 00:25:01,436
- Sustained.
- You also mentioned to him...

358
00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:03,704
something about
a "Ty One" program.

359
00:25:03,809 --> 00:25:06,279
- What's that?
- "Ty One" is a one-year trial program.

360
00:25:06,379 --> 00:25:09,282
If you sign up and you are unhappy
at the end of your one-year contract...

361
00:25:09,381 --> 00:25:12,784
then you can leave without officially
enlisting in the National Guard.

362
00:25:12,883 --> 00:25:15,012
And that's what Private Elliott
signed up for, correct?

363
00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:18,023
- Yes, sir.
- See, this is what confuses me.

364
00:25:18,122 --> 00:25:20,250
Private Elliott served out his year...

365
00:25:20,355 --> 00:25:22,348
fulfilled his contract,
and clearly wasn’t happy.

366
00:25:22,457 --> 00:25:24,359
Why didn't he just come home?

367
00:25:24,459 --> 00:25:27,795
Private Elliott was kept in Iraq
under the "Stop-Loss" Program.

368
00:25:27,896 --> 00:25:30,127
- In case you haven't noticed, we're at war.
- Yes.

369
00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:33,725
Tell me, Sergeant,
under this "Stop-Loss" Program...

370
00:25:33,834 --> 00:25:38,068
how much longer had the military planned
to keep Private Elliott in the service?

371
00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:42,076
Private Elliott's obligation
was extended to 2031.

372
00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:49,044
Twenty-six years.

373
00:25:49,146 --> 00:25:53,018
Did you tell either
Mr. Elliott or Mr. Dewey...

374
00:25:53,116 --> 00:25:55,085
about these contingencies?

375
00:25:55,184 --> 00:25:58,645
We're at war, Mr. Shore.
We need soldiers.

376
00:25:58,753 --> 00:26:01,246
Yes. According to our generals
and military advisers...

377
00:26:01,355 --> 00:26:04,292
we need a lot more than
the 140, OOO currently over there.

378
00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:07,157
Why are we not sending more?

379
00:26:11,597 --> 00:26:13,999
Are we tying towing this war
or not, Sergeant?

380
00:26:37,184 --> 00:26:39,086
Your Honor, this is clearly a stunt.

381
00:26:39,186 --> 00:26:41,748
- He orchestrated this.
- These are the children who will be affected.

382
00:26:41,854 --> 00:26:41,854
That doesn't mean you parade
them around like exhibits.

383
00:26:43,422 --> 00:26:44,515
That doesn't mean you parade
them around like exhibits.

384
00:26:44,624 --> 00:26:47,857
Counsel, this has already taken up
enough time. Let’s just get through this.

385
00:26:47,959 --> 00:26:50,327
Step back.

386
00:27:01,303 --> 00:27:06,300
Halloween is a secular holiday,
and, as you can see, a fun one.

387
00:27:06,407 --> 00:27:08,308
Now, the witch at
the center of this case...

388
00:27:08,408 --> 00:27:10,377
played with gusto
by Mrs. Berlet...

389
00:27:10,476 --> 00:27:12,673
is not a symbol of Satanism...

390
00:27:12,778 --> 00:27:15,215
and in no way defames
the religion of the Wiccans.

391
00:27:15,314 --> 00:27:18,843
The whole pageant, indeed all of Halloween
eve here, is just make-believe.

392
00:27:18,950 --> 00:27:22,650
And to claim that this somehow
rises to the level of persecution...

393
00:27:22,753 --> 00:27:24,689
is not only laughable, but offensive.

394
00:27:24,788 --> 00:27:27,782
Persecution is an issue which,
to be erectly frank...

395
00:27:27,890 --> 00:27:31,488
neither of these suburban parents nor their
high-priced attorneys know anything about.

396
00:27:31,593 --> 00:27:34,121
And it's insulting to groups
who have been persecuted...

397
00:27:34,230 --> 00:27:36,563
to raise that issue
at this time in this case.

398
00:27:55,445 --> 00:27:57,677
The First Amendment says
we shouldn't discriminate...

399
00:27:57,781 --> 00:28:00,752
against any group
on the basis of religion.

400
00:28:00,849 --> 00:28:03,650
It's a nice theory.
But the truth is...

401
00:28:03,752 --> 00:28:06,416
the law is rarely applied to
protect the Christian faith...

402
00:28:06,521 --> 00:28:09,390
because being in the majority...

403
00:28:09,489 --> 00:28:11,391
well, I guess we feel
they can take it.

404
00:28:11,491 --> 00:28:14,691
And if the religion
is too far out there-

405
00:28:14,795 --> 00:28:17,493
Christian Scientists- sure.

406
00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:21,090
Scientologists- maybe.
Wiccans-

407
00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:25,196
Well, at what point
does a religion become silly enough...

408
00:28:25,303 --> 00:28:27,772
that it's okay
to make fun of them?

409
00:28:27,871 --> 00:28:29,999
And who decides?

410
00:28:30,107 --> 00:28:34,012
What this case is really about
is tolerance.

411
00:28:34,110 --> 00:28:39,677
Whether it's Hindus attacking Jews
or Muslims against Catholics...

412
00:28:39,780 --> 00:28:41,943
Christians fighting with Wiccans...

413
00:28:42,049 --> 00:28:44,348
the aim of the law is tolerance.

414
00:28:44,451 --> 00:28:47,183
And I could be wrong,
but I don't think...

415
00:28:47,287 --> 00:28:50,384
we ever ratified persecution...

416
00:28:50,489 --> 00:28:53,186
under the heading of fun. "

417
00:28:53,292 --> 00:28:56,354
Let me read you something
by Martin Nimbler...

418
00:28:56,460 --> 00:28:58,931
a German pastor
who opposed the Nazis.

419
00:28:59,030 --> 00:29:02,934
"In Germany, they came
first forth Communists...

420
00:29:03,032 --> 00:29:06,368
"and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Communist.

421
00:29:06,469 --> 00:29:11,808
"Then they came for the Jews, and
I didn't speak up because I wasn't anew.

422
00:29:11,905 --> 00:29:14,570
"Then they came for
the trade unionists...

423
00:29:14,675 --> 00:29:17,771
"and I didn't speak up because
I wasn't a trade unionist.

424
00:29:17,877 --> 00:29:20,974
"Then they came for the Catholics...

425
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,814
"and I didn't speak up
because I was a Protestant.

426
00:29:24,916 --> 00:29:27,283
"Then they came for me.

427
00:29:27,386 --> 00:29:30,790
And by that time, there was
no one left to speak up. "

428
00:29:45,565 --> 00:29:49,562
In war, any war,
there are casualties.

429
00:29:49,669 --> 00:29:54,575
For the family oaf victim
to sue the army for such a casualty...

430
00:29:54,672 --> 00:29:58,008
is not only patently ridiculous,
it's an insult.

431
00:29:58,109 --> 00:30:01,239
First, it offends the memory
of the soldier...

432
00:30:01,345 --> 00:30:05,012
who gave his life
to defend his county.

433
00:30:05,115 --> 00:30:09,521
Worse, it's an attack on patriotism
and the U. S. Army itself.

434
00:30:09,618 --> 00:30:12,350
He enlisted.
He was trained in combat.

435
00:30:12,453 --> 00:30:15,289
He assumed the risks of combat.

436
00:30:15,390 --> 00:30:20,855
This lawsuit merely represents a flamboyant
attempt to showcase antiwar sentiment.

437
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,430
It is wrong,
it is baseless...

438
00:30:23,529 --> 00:30:25,498
and it's an amount
to eve soldier...

439
00:30:25,596 --> 00:30:28,261
to eve veteran who has
put himself on the line...

440
00:30:28,367 --> 00:30:31,099
to defend the
United States of America...

441
00:30:31,202 --> 00:30:34,435
especially, primarily the ones...

442
00:30:34,537 --> 00:30:36,530
who have given their lives to do so.

443
00:30:45,814 --> 00:30:48,512
First, this is hardly about
antiwar sentiments.

444
00:30:48,615 --> 00:30:51,950
Private Elliott was for the war.
Personally, I was against it.

445
00:30:52,051 --> 00:30:54,522
Then I was for it.
Then I was against it again.

446
00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:57,284
But that’s just me.
I'm a flip-flopper.

447
00:30:57,390 --> 00:31:00,190
But whether one is for
or against the occupation-

448
00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:02,558
and let's assume,
judging from your tie, one is-

449
00:31:02,660 --> 00:31:07,157
that does not exempt the military
from a duty to be honest with its soldiers.

450
00:31:07,263 --> 00:31:09,324
Private Elliott was told
he'd serve a year.

451
00:31:09,432 --> 00:31:12,495
He was told he wouldn't see combat.
Okay, unexpected stuff happens.

452
00:31:12,601 --> 00:31:17,872
He did see combat. Fine. But he was sent
into combat with insufficient backup.

453
00:31:17,972 --> 00:31:21,536
He was sent in to perform duties
for which he was never, ever trained.

454
00:31:21,641 --> 00:31:24,008
He wasn't given
the most basic of equipment.

455
00:31:24,109 --> 00:31:28,174
And then, after his tour of duty was
finally up, they wouldn’t let him leave.

456
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,912
He never assumed
those risks by enlisting.

457
00:31:33,784 --> 00:31:38,726
Overextended, under-equipped, non-trained.
He never signed up for that.

458
00:31:38,822 --> 00:31:41,314
And now, he's dead.

459
00:31:41,424 --> 00:31:44,919
And aside from his sister,
nobody seems to care.

460
00:31:45,026 --> 00:31:47,087
We talk about
honoring the troops.

461
00:31:47,195 --> 00:31:50,223
How about we honor them
by giving a damn when they're killed!

462
00:31:50,331 --> 00:31:53,896
Our kids are dying over there...

463
00:31:54,001 --> 00:31:56,733
and this county,
the people, the media...

464
00:31:56,836 --> 00:31:59,362
we all chug along
like nothing is wrong.

465
00:31:59,472 --> 00:32:02,272
We'll spend a month
obsessing about Terri Shiva...

466
00:32:02,374 --> 00:32:05,210
but dare we show a body
oaf fallen soldier?

467
00:32:05,310 --> 00:32:08,338
The most-watched
cable news station...

468
00:32:08,446 --> 00:32:11,941
will spend an hour night
on a missing girl in Aruba...

469
00:32:12,048 --> 00:32:14,540
but, God forbid,
we pay any attention...

470
00:32:14,649 --> 00:32:17,348
J when kids like Private
Elliott killed in action-

471
00:32:17,453 --> 00:32:19,446
- You're off the point.
- I'm not off the point.

472
00:32:19,554 --> 00:32:24,620
We've had 2, OOO American trees
fall in that forest over there...

473
00:32:24,725 --> 00:32:26,694
and we don't even know it.

474
00:32:26,792 --> 00:32:30,960
Not really. But maybe we don't
wanna know about our children dying.

475
00:32:31,062 --> 00:32:33,829
So, lucky for us, this war
isn't really being televised.

476
00:32:33,932 --> 00:32:37,530
We're not seeing images of soldiers
dying in the arms of their comrades...

477
00:32:37,635 --> 00:32:39,627
being blown apart
in the streets of Baghdad.

478
00:32:39,736 --> 00:32:42,640
But they are
by the thousands.

479
00:32:42,739 --> 00:32:45,608
And all the American public
wants to concern itself with...

480
00:32:45,708 --> 00:32:47,802
is whether Brad and Angelina
really are a couple.

481
00:32:47,911 --> 00:32:51,246
At least with Vietnam,
we all watched and we all got angry.

482
00:32:51,346 --> 00:32:54,648
What does this have to do with
the death of Private Elliott?

483
00:32:54,749 --> 00:32:59,155
Private Elliott is dead in part because we
have a people and a government in denial.

484
00:32:59,252 --> 00:33:02,747
We currently have no strategy
to fight this war.

485
00:33:02,855 --> 00:33:04,757
We have no timetable
for getting out.

486
00:33:04,856 --> 00:33:07,486
Some of these troops
could be extended 20-plus years.

487
00:33:07,591 --> 00:33:10,996
Their mothers and fathers have to spring
for body armor because the army doesn't...

488
00:33:11,095 --> 00:33:12,996
and they're getting killed.

489
00:33:13,096 --> 00:33:15,498
And we as a nation in denial
are letting them.

490
00:33:15,598 --> 00:33:18,330
We simply don't seem to care.

491
00:33:18,434 --> 00:33:20,461
Well, she does.

492
00:33:20,570 --> 00:33:24,942
She's in this courtroom
honoring one dead soldier.

493
00:33:28,742 --> 00:33:30,642
That's a start.

494
00:33:58,732 --> 00:34:02,934
We're dealing here with
a pageant in a public school.

495
00:34:03,036 --> 00:34:07,305
A public school can't promote
the exercise of any religion...

496
00:34:07,406 --> 00:34:11,277
and it can't denigrate
the followers of any religion.

497
00:34:11,376 --> 00:34:14,541
No one should take that lightly.

498
00:34:14,644 --> 00:34:17,377
And, indeed,
Christians and witches...

499
00:34:17,481 --> 00:34:20,612
and other groups have been persecuted
over the years...

500
00:34:20,717 --> 00:34:24,314
and no one should take
persecution lightly.

501
00:34:24,419 --> 00:34:29,486
But... we should
take Halloween lightly.

502
00:34:29,590 --> 00:34:34,031
As the defense pointed out,
Halloween is a secular holiday.

503
00:34:34,127 --> 00:34:36,825
But, more importantly,
it's a silly holiday.

504
00:34:36,930 --> 00:34:40,891
Children don't see a witch
as a symbol of any sort.

505
00:34:40,999 --> 00:34:45,873
A witch is just something
to enjoy being afraid of.

506
00:34:45,970 --> 00:34:48,405
Motion by the plaintiffs is denied.

507
00:34:48,505 --> 00:34:53,071
The Halloween pageant will go on
as it always has.

508
00:34:53,175 --> 00:34:55,144
And I advise both parties
to lighten up...

509
00:34:55,243 --> 00:34:55,243
and remember what Halloween
really is all about-

510
00:34:56,645 --> 00:34:59,014
and remember what Halloween
really is all about-

511
00:34:59,114 --> 00:35:01,049
the candy!

512
00:35:01,149 --> 00:35:04,142
Court adjourned.

513
00:35:05,852 --> 00:35:08,015
- Sorry.
- We forgive you.

514
00:35:08,121 --> 00:35:10,318
I thought you might.

515
00:35:10,423 --> 00:35:12,688
- Thank you both.
- Good-bye. I'm sorry.

516
00:35:12,790 --> 00:35:15,192
Thank you.

517
00:35:17,261 --> 00:35:21,223
Listen.
Um, tonight's Sambaing.

518
00:35:21,331 --> 00:35:23,563
That's what we call Halloween.

519
00:35:23,667 --> 00:35:26,103
There's a women's circle
after the celebration.

520
00:35:26,201 --> 00:35:28,433
It's a full moon.

521
00:35:28,536 --> 00:35:31,406
It's the pelmet time
for letting the energy of the goddess...

522
00:35:31,506 --> 00:35:34,410
heal and restore you.

523
00:35:34,509 --> 00:35:37,776
You need it.
I'll fax you directions.

524
00:35:37,877 --> 00:35:39,904
Thank you so much.

525
00:35:45,150 --> 00:35:48,884
Do I strike you as being...
out of harmony?

526
00:35:51,522 --> 00:35:54,357
Task, task, task, task, task.

527
00:35:56,858 --> 00:35:59,294
All rise.

528
00:36:12,337 --> 00:36:14,739
This war is a disaster.

529
00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:18,745
It has been sold to America
on a false premise.

530
00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:22,714
The government has been repeatedly
told by its most senior military advisers...

531
00:36:22,813 --> 00:36:24,714
that it needs
far more troops.

532
00:36:24,814 --> 00:36:27,342
The advisers have been ignored...

533
00:36:27,451 --> 00:36:29,545
or, in some cases, even nerd.

534
00:36:29,652 --> 00:36:32,783
And now, we have
what very much looks...

535
00:36:32,887 --> 00:36:35,790
like the beginning
of another Vietnam...

536
00:36:35,890 --> 00:36:39,521
except, as Mr. Shore points out...

537
00:36:39,626 --> 00:36:42,290
without the necessary outrage.

538
00:36:42,395 --> 00:36:47,735
That said, like it or not,
we are at war...

539
00:36:47,832 --> 00:36:49,734
and the one thing...

540
00:36:49,834 --> 00:36:54,399
that keeps the military
functioning in war is its hierarchy.

541
00:36:54,504 --> 00:36:56,998
Orders are given,
orders followed.

542
00:36:57,107 --> 00:37:00,978
That's why Congress has granted
the military immunity...

543
00:37:01,076 --> 00:37:03,808
in lawsuits like this.

544
00:37:03,911 --> 00:37:07,782
Miss Elliott
I have the deepest sympathy...

545
00:37:07,882 --> 00:37:09,907
for you and for your brother.

546
00:37:10,016 --> 00:37:13,511
However...

547
00:37:13,620 --> 00:37:15,522
I rule in favor of the government.

548
00:37:15,622 --> 00:37:18,855
The motion to dismiss is granted.

549
00:37:27,530 --> 00:37:30,001
I hope at least somebody
heard your screams.

550
00:37:30,099 --> 00:37:34,095
If not, then maybe they heard yours.
Thank you.

551
00:37:39,807 --> 00:37:43,507
Well, bye.

552
00:37:43,611 --> 00:37:45,637
Why?

553
00:37:45,745 --> 00:37:47,647
I'm sorry?

554
00:37:47,747 --> 00:37:50,217
Why does it have
to be good-bye?

555
00:38:05,161 --> 00:38:08,291
We lost,
if it’s any consolation.

556
00:38:08,397 --> 00:38:10,490
It isn't.

557
00:38:10,598 --> 00:38:12,658
Anybody who truly loves
this county, Denny...

558
00:38:12,766 --> 00:38:16,672
must at least tee to understand
the awful truth over there.

559
00:38:16,770 --> 00:38:20,401
One of the reasons it's happening
over there is so it won't happen here.

560
00:38:20,506 --> 00:38:22,999
I'm afraid I don't agree
with you, Denny.

561
00:38:23,108 --> 00:38:27,844
But if Americans can continue to nurture
the expression of differing opinions...

562
00:38:27,944 --> 00:38:31,178
what's happening over there
will never happen here.

563
00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:03,432
I- I don't think people
recognize our costumes.

564
00:39:03,540 --> 00:39:06,375
Maybe we should use the accents.

565
00:39:14,616 --> 00:39:17,552
I give you my word.
I'm not trying to be disrespectful.

566
00:39:17,650 --> 00:39:21,215
I just wanted to feel... hot.

567
00:39:37,066 --> 00:39:40,470
Tried it on. Looked good.
Kept it on.

568
00:39:40,569 --> 00:39:42,470
Doesn't mean I forgive you.

569
00:39:42,570 --> 00:39:46,977
Got it.
Denny, you look pretty in pink.

570
00:39:47,074 --> 00:39:50,773
- I'm not having sex with you.
- Just the same.

571
00:39:58,850 --> 00:40:01,446
What exactly is our costume again?

572
00:40:01,552 --> 00:40:04,547
I tm’s, um,
"I look good in white tails. "

573
00:40:04,655 --> 00:40:07,251
Ah. Right.

574
00:40:09,559 --> 00:40:12,758
Thank you.
Did I say that?

575
00:40:12,861 --> 00:40:15,024
- To Alan Shore you did.
- Oh.

576
00:40:15,130 --> 00:40:17,998
- Nothing for you?
- No.

577
00:40:44,152 --> 00:40:47,488
What are you thinking about?

578
00:40:49,089 --> 00:40:51,582
It's not a trick question.

579
00:40:53,861 --> 00:40:59,132
Can't I have a solitary, pensive moment?
Keep a thought to myself?

580
00:40:59,231 --> 00:41:01,325
You forgot what you’re thinking.

581
00:41:07,637 --> 00:41:10,666
I don't presume to know whether this is
a good war or not, Denny...

582
00:41:10,774 --> 00:41:14,178
but there can be no dispute
it's a complex one...

583
00:41:14,276 --> 00:41:17,874
one that we as a citizenry, as patriots...

584
00:41:17,979 --> 00:41:19,971
need to be talking about.

585
00:41:20,081 --> 00:41:21,982
Here's all you need to know.

586
00:41:22,082 --> 00:41:24,347
Put me in charge.
I'll win the damn thing.

587
00:41:24,450 --> 00:41:26,352
No doubt.

588
00:41:26,452 --> 00:41:30,517
Do you think the army would let
two flamingos enlist?

589
00:41:30,623 --> 00:41:32,785
Don't ask, don't tell.

590
00:41:38,897 --> 00:41:41,560
Most of the Cranes
in my family were flamingos.

591
00:41:41,664 --> 00:41:43,634
Indeed.

592
00:42:26,700 --> 00:42:28,259
You stinker!

