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And Tom had launched himself fearlessly
into his endeavor to illustrate the human problem:
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To receive.
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The subject was obvious, but quite
dreadfully ill-considered by this young man.
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To compensate for his lack of preparation
Tom made diligent use of his technique
:18:23
of lashing out somewhat haphazardly
in all directions.
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His father peered around covertly
to gauge the mood,
:18:32
and sensing that the assembly was not
entirely happy with this rather direct criticism,
:18:37
he decided to forestall any protest.
:18:40
Now I'm sure that you wish us well, Tom,
:18:43
but um.. of any town, I believe this one has
a very fine sense of community.
:18:48
Living side by side we all know one another.
:18:51
I'm a pretty fair judge of character myself.
:18:53
Honestly, Tom, you've done it again.
:18:56
Made us come here to listen
to a lot of nonsense.
:18:58
What do you think you are,
some kind of philosopher?
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Observant, that's what I am.
:19:03
Lazy, I would say.
We shovel snow together.
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We shovel snow together?
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Yeah.
:19:09
Every household clears their own front walk.
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Yeah, I gotta allow that Tom's right on that.
If roads don't get
cleared properly...
:19:19
I'm sorry Tom, you're going to have to
come up with something better than that.
:19:22
But the whole country would be better served
with a greater attitude of openness and accenpance.
:19:28
You're suggesting that we all
wouldn't help out if someone needed help.
:19:31
No, that's not the point.
That's not the point.
:19:33
We care for human beings up here.
:19:34
We would probably never find out.
:19:41
Since nobody seems to want to admit
that there's a problem,
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let me illustrate.
:19:50
Now I'm not going to use something
that's already happened.
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I'm going to use something
that's just about to happen.