Friendly Persuasion
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:23:00
So I got to watch myself
closer than most people.

:23:04
So I'll just stay away from the war.
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Because if I ever got into it,
I'd be a goner.

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And you, son?
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Are you ready to put up with looting
and killing without lifting a finger?

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Are you afraid to fight?
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I don't know.
:23:31
Here, at last, is an honest answer.
:23:34
I don't wish to offend...
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...but how many of you are hiding
behind your church to save your skins?

:23:42
Is it right to let others fight for you?
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To protect your lives and your property?
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Why don't you speak up?
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I'll speak up.
:23:55
Nothing could ever induce me
to bear arms against my fellow man.

:24:00
Burn my house!
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Destroy my crops! Attack my family!
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And I declare to all...
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...especially to thee, Josh Birdwell,
wavering in thy convictions...

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...nothing can move me to violence!
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Nothing!
:24:22
It seems Friend Purdy has already
been moved to considerable violence.

:24:27
I misdoubt any of us here
could say with surety...

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...what we would do in case of attack.
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I have my doubts as to the strength
of thy convictions too.

:24:41
I have my own doubts.
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I've often asked myself...
:24:49
...what I would do if I saw
my family endangered...

:24:54
...my wife and children threatened.
:24:59
If the test comes, all I can say is...

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