1 00:00:10,177 --> 00:00:12,012 You want to run that by me again? 2 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:15,176 We have a group of complaining parents. 3 00:00:16,058 --> 00:00:17,601 They're suing their elementary 4 00:00:17,636 --> 00:00:19,144 school over the Halloween pageant. 5 00:00:19,227 --> 00:00:21,173 In particular... 6 00:00:21,605 --> 00:00:23,251 they don't like the witch. 7 00:00:24,357 --> 00:00:26,506 There are two groups of parents who are upset. 8 00:00:27,669 --> 00:00:29,013 One is Christian. 9 00:00:29,048 --> 00:00:30,932 The other group is, uh... 10 00:00:32,036 --> 00:00:32,780 well... 11 00:00:34,101 --> 00:00:35,576 Yes? 12 00:00:36,818 --> 00:00:38,076 Witches. 13 00:00:38,347 --> 00:00:39,631 Did you say witches? 14 00:00:39,666 --> 00:00:41,074 I said witches. 15 00:00:41,109 --> 00:00:43,333 Which group does the firm represent? 16 00:00:43,368 --> 00:00:45,568 Well, actually, both. 17 00:00:54,596 --> 00:00:56,076 Candy corn? 18 00:01:30,131 --> 00:01:31,427 It's just, though they are 19 00:01:31,462 --> 00:01:33,256 together for the purpose of this motion, 20 00:01:33,291 --> 00:01:34,536 they're not so much together. 21 00:01:34,571 --> 00:01:36,075 And I think having two 22 00:01:36,110 --> 00:01:38,553 lawyers, in case there are conflicts. 23 00:01:38,588 --> 00:01:40,961 Yes, and you think the senior partner 24 00:01:40,996 --> 00:01:43,014 of the firm should be doing this because... 25 00:01:43,687 --> 00:01:45,110 It'll be fun. 26 00:01:45,145 --> 00:01:48,712 Plus, you promised I'd get to try cases with you. 27 00:01:56,073 --> 00:01:58,117 Do you know your briefcase is smoking? 28 00:01:58,152 --> 00:01:59,458 This is the season, Brad. 29 00:01:59,493 --> 00:02:01,871 Bubble, bubble, toil and so forth. 30 00:02:01,906 --> 00:02:03,744 This is a law firm. 31 00:02:03,779 --> 00:02:05,583 Thank you for that. 32 00:02:06,667 --> 00:02:09,593 Mr. Shore. My name is Garrett Wells. 33 00:02:09,628 --> 00:02:12,465 Sounds like an old western town, Garrett Wells. 34 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:13,472 I'm an associate here. 35 00:02:13,507 --> 00:02:15,861 Yes, you're the one who sleeps with paralegals. 36 00:02:16,378 --> 00:02:18,813 - And this is, uh... - The paralegal. 37 00:02:20,848 --> 00:02:22,166 Can we talk to you for a second? 38 00:02:22,201 --> 00:02:23,517 You are talking. 39 00:02:23,601 --> 00:02:25,466 In private, please? 40 00:02:28,522 --> 00:02:30,983 Let me put this out. 41 00:02:34,069 --> 00:02:35,905 My little brother Jeffrey signed up for the national guard. 42 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:39,992 He fulfilled his service contract in Iraq. 43 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:41,750 He was supposed to come home. 44 00:02:41,785 --> 00:02:45,247 The army kept him there under the stop loss program. 45 00:02:45,282 --> 00:02:47,708 There weren't enough soldiers on the ground 46 00:02:47,791 --> 00:02:50,408 so they put him in a position that he never trained for. 47 00:02:51,045 --> 00:02:52,481 It got him killed. 48 00:02:54,423 --> 00:02:56,425 I realize as a matter of law that 49 00:02:56,508 --> 00:02:58,364 the army is immune from these suits. 50 00:02:58,399 --> 00:03:00,220 There is probably no way to win this. 51 00:03:00,255 --> 00:03:02,135 That's why we came to you. 52 00:03:02,170 --> 00:03:04,016 You, um, have a high success 53 00:03:04,099 --> 00:03:06,059 rate for unconventional trials. 54 00:03:06,094 --> 00:03:09,132 That's only because the conventional trials won't have me. 55 00:03:10,230 --> 00:03:13,483 What are you looking to gain from this? 56 00:03:14,109 --> 00:03:16,361 I'm not sure. 57 00:03:18,697 --> 00:03:21,908 I go home and cry every night. 58 00:03:21,943 --> 00:03:25,370 Until I start to scream. 59 00:03:26,413 --> 00:03:28,213 Maybe... 60 00:03:28,248 --> 00:03:32,252 I just want someone to hear my screams. 61 00:03:45,473 --> 00:03:48,268 It promotes a specific religion. 62 00:03:48,303 --> 00:03:50,475 Ah! Shirley Schmidt! 63 00:03:50,510 --> 00:03:52,647 Grace and Bob Mathias. 64 00:03:52,682 --> 00:03:54,520 They're, uh... 65 00:03:54,555 --> 00:03:56,324 The Christians. 66 00:03:56,359 --> 00:03:58,215 And Evelyn and Sam Sawtelle. 67 00:03:58,250 --> 00:04:00,036 - The witches. - Wiccans. 68 00:04:00,071 --> 00:04:03,116 Sorry. Uh, as I understand it, the four of you 69 00:04:03,151 --> 00:04:06,161 want to stop the school celebration of Halloween. 70 00:04:06,196 --> 00:04:07,162 It's satanic. 71 00:04:07,245 --> 00:04:08,940 Uh, that's not the position we're taking. 72 00:04:08,975 --> 00:04:11,649 I mean, we're not allowed to have a Christmas concert 73 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:13,572 because of the whole church and state thing, but every year... 74 00:04:13,607 --> 00:04:15,624 - At our children's school. - A public school. 75 00:04:15,659 --> 00:04:16,683 Paid for with our taxes. 76 00:04:16,718 --> 00:04:18,672 They have a Halloween pageant. 77 00:04:18,707 --> 00:04:20,103 It's a pageant, is it? 78 00:04:20,138 --> 00:04:21,564 Where not only are images of 79 00:04:21,599 --> 00:04:22,955 witches prominently displayed 80 00:04:22,990 --> 00:04:24,384 But the principal of the school... 81 00:04:24,419 --> 00:04:24,977 Mrs. Berleth... 82 00:04:25,012 --> 00:04:28,953 dresses up like a witch. And she cackles. 83 00:04:30,257 --> 00:04:32,666 - She cackles. - Bloodcurdling cackles. 84 00:04:32,701 --> 00:04:35,361 We find the whole thing horribly offensive. 85 00:04:35,396 --> 00:04:37,986 Because... Ms. Schmidt, as a Wiccan couple, 86 00:04:38,021 --> 00:04:41,008 it's hard enough raising our daughter in this culture 87 00:04:41,043 --> 00:04:43,995 without stereotypical images holding her up for ridicule. 88 00:04:44,030 --> 00:04:46,146 I mean, I ask you, are we green? 89 00:04:46,181 --> 00:04:48,907 - Do we have warts? - And as a Christian couple, 90 00:04:48,942 --> 00:04:50,521 we resent having our faith 91 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:52,669 marginalized while satan worship is openly... 92 00:04:52,704 --> 00:04:54,926 Witches don't worship satan, Grace. 93 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:56,200 Promoted. 94 00:04:56,965 --> 00:04:58,722 Specifically. 95 00:04:58,757 --> 00:05:00,818 - It's unfair. - It's defatory. 96 00:05:00,853 --> 00:05:03,904 You can see, while both couples are on the same side, 97 00:05:03,939 --> 00:05:05,627 we have competing claims. 98 00:05:05,662 --> 00:05:07,241 But we're putting our differences aside... 99 00:05:07,276 --> 00:05:08,322 For the greater good... 100 00:05:19,442 --> 00:05:22,371 How could they possibly file papers so thick so fast? 101 00:05:22,406 --> 00:05:25,301 Clearly the government was ready for this very case. 102 00:05:25,336 --> 00:05:28,242 And just as clearly, they want to shut it down fast. 103 00:05:28,277 --> 00:05:29,333 So what happens? 104 00:05:29,368 --> 00:05:31,418 Well, instead of responding in kind, 105 00:05:31,453 --> 00:05:34,999 I plan to ask the judge for an evidentiary hearing. 106 00:05:35,034 --> 00:05:37,418 My feeling is, after listening to you, Cassie, 107 00:05:37,453 --> 00:05:39,503 he'll be less inclined to 108 00:05:39,587 --> 00:05:41,497 just summarily dismiss the claim. 109 00:05:41,532 --> 00:05:42,630 Okay. 110 00:05:42,665 --> 00:05:45,178 It also might help if your parents could be there. 111 00:05:45,759 --> 00:05:47,886 Well, my parents aren't with me on this. 112 00:05:47,921 --> 00:05:49,671 They think I'm dishonoring my 113 00:05:49,706 --> 00:05:52,508 brother's memory and his sacrifice. 114 00:05:54,011 --> 00:05:56,145 Okay. We filed in state court 115 00:05:56,228 --> 00:05:58,313 under the state torts claim act, 116 00:05:58,355 --> 00:06:01,900 and miraculously, a judge agreed to hear us. 117 00:06:01,935 --> 00:06:05,445 The bad news is we drew a peculiar judge. 118 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,073 In 26 years on the bench, I have 119 00:06:08,157 --> 00:06:10,742 never seen a case so ridiculous. 120 00:06:10,777 --> 00:06:11,869 It nauseates me. 121 00:06:11,952 --> 00:06:14,336 Your honor is being a little dramatic. 122 00:06:14,371 --> 00:06:17,749 He was a solider in a war. What's more, he enlisted. 123 00:06:17,833 --> 00:06:19,585 Private Elliot's tour of duty was 124 00:06:19,668 --> 00:06:21,378 over. He should not have been in Iraq. 125 00:06:21,461 --> 00:06:23,005 He enlisted in part because 126 00:06:23,088 --> 00:06:24,549 he was fraudulently recruited. 127 00:06:24,584 --> 00:06:26,070 Moreover, the army then put him in 128 00:06:26,105 --> 00:06:27,720 a job for which he was not trained 129 00:06:27,755 --> 00:06:29,335 And which resulted in his death. 130 00:06:29,370 --> 00:06:30,454 Move to dismiss. 131 00:06:30,489 --> 00:06:32,426 The United states army is immune from this sort... 132 00:06:32,461 --> 00:06:34,182 Not to claims based on fraud, 133 00:06:34,217 --> 00:06:34,978 Which this is. 134 00:06:35,013 --> 00:06:36,168 What if the families of every 135 00:06:36,203 --> 00:06:38,807 solider killed in combat decided to sue? 136 00:06:38,842 --> 00:06:40,273 We'd have a logistical nightmare. 137 00:06:40,308 --> 00:06:41,729 Fortunately, we're only 138 00:06:41,764 --> 00:06:43,547 dealing with one person suing here, 139 00:06:43,582 --> 00:06:45,688 and if you're predisposed to kick it, so be it. 140 00:06:45,723 --> 00:06:47,961 But at least take an hour to hear from 141 00:06:47,996 --> 00:06:50,200 a couple of witnesses before doing so. 142 00:06:50,235 --> 00:06:52,479 You have a legacy of 143 00:06:52,514 --> 00:06:55,530 unfettered fairness, your honor. 144 00:06:55,565 --> 00:06:58,163 Please do not tarnish it. 145 00:07:04,170 --> 00:07:05,956 You pay the court costs. 146 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,486 2 o'clock. 147 00:07:10,385 --> 00:07:12,227 He actually got a hearing? 148 00:07:12,262 --> 00:07:14,848 - Don't ask me how. - Well, what did he say? 149 00:07:14,883 --> 00:07:17,067 Don't you two have anything else to do? 150 00:07:17,767 --> 00:07:19,137 Um, we're discussing a case, sir. 151 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:20,477 It's not a case. It's an 152 00:07:20,512 --> 00:07:22,663 abuse of the judicial process. 153 00:07:24,566 --> 00:07:27,626 - Yes, we're discussing that. - Go shine your shoes. 154 00:07:27,661 --> 00:07:30,613 - I beg your pardon? - You heard me. 155 00:07:30,697 --> 00:07:32,550 Shine your shoes now. 156 00:07:39,747 --> 00:07:44,585 - And how's your grooming? - I think fine... sir. 157 00:07:44,620 --> 00:07:47,213 Go to work. 158 00:07:49,424 --> 00:07:51,175 It's fun to pull rank, isn't it? 159 00:07:51,210 --> 00:07:52,392 What you are doing 160 00:07:52,427 --> 00:07:54,637 is an arrogant dismissal of that 161 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,813 young soldier's ultimate sacrifice. 162 00:07:56,848 --> 00:08:00,768 And as somebody who served in the Gulf war, proudly, 163 00:08:00,803 --> 00:08:03,684 when you disrespect our soldiers, 164 00:08:03,719 --> 00:08:06,566 you disrespect me. I don't like it. 165 00:08:16,742 --> 00:08:18,120 Is it true? 166 00:08:19,286 --> 00:08:21,601 You're criticizing the war? 167 00:08:21,636 --> 00:08:23,916 Constructive criticism. 168 00:08:30,506 --> 00:08:31,086 What? 169 00:08:31,121 --> 00:08:33,866 Alan, I've loved you like a... 170 00:08:33,901 --> 00:08:35,108 Sister. 171 00:08:36,312 --> 00:08:39,481 We're Americans. To be critical in a time of war. 172 00:08:39,516 --> 00:08:42,591 Even the Democrats are smart 173 00:08:42,626 --> 00:08:43,963 enough to keep their mouth shut on this. 174 00:08:43,998 --> 00:08:45,563 Edward R. Murrow said we should 175 00:08:45,598 --> 00:08:47,443 never confuse dissent with disloyalty. 176 00:08:47,478 --> 00:08:49,672 Edward R. Murrow is media. 177 00:08:49,707 --> 00:08:51,715 And he's dead. Dead don't count. 178 00:08:51,750 --> 00:08:53,700 The dead do count, Denny, which 179 00:08:53,735 --> 00:08:55,651 is why we're bringing this lawsuit. 180 00:08:57,616 --> 00:08:59,373 Drop the case. Do it now. 181 00:08:59,952 --> 00:09:01,568 I'm not dropping it, Denny. 182 00:09:03,414 --> 00:09:04,551 Alan? 183 00:09:06,750 --> 00:09:08,801 I'm senior partner. 184 00:09:08,836 --> 00:09:13,924 I'm asking you, check that, I'm directing you. 185 00:09:13,959 --> 00:09:17,719 - Drop it. - No. 186 00:09:30,941 --> 00:09:33,537 I'll boil you whole and 187 00:09:33,572 --> 00:09:36,938 suck the skin from your bones! 188 00:09:45,705 --> 00:09:47,250 Or something like that. 189 00:09:50,710 --> 00:09:54,256 Mr. Mathias, is this an accurate depiction 190 00:09:54,291 --> 00:09:56,007 of principal Berleth's 191 00:09:56,091 --> 00:09:59,409 behavior during the Halloween pageant? 192 00:09:59,444 --> 00:10:02,727 Yes, except she does sort of a... swoop. 193 00:10:06,364 --> 00:10:09,039 Could we see the swoop, please? 194 00:10:20,615 --> 00:10:22,539 Uh, your honor, just... 195 00:10:23,111 --> 00:10:24,107 Your honor... 196 00:10:25,578 --> 00:10:27,193 Your honor, the defense 197 00:10:27,228 --> 00:10:29,604 stipulates she's scary as all get out. 198 00:10:30,869 --> 00:10:33,551 Mrs. Berleth, you may be seated. 199 00:10:33,586 --> 00:10:37,229 The court thanks you for the riveting demonstration. 200 00:10:42,136 --> 00:10:44,113 Why is Mrs. Berleth's 201 00:10:44,148 --> 00:10:46,182 performance so harmful to your children? 202 00:10:46,217 --> 00:10:48,097 I mean, it's just Halloween. 203 00:10:48,132 --> 00:10:49,942 And that's what we hear daily. 204 00:10:49,977 --> 00:10:52,438 "It's just a movie. " "It's just a video game. " 205 00:10:52,473 --> 00:10:54,416 "It's just the super bowl halftime show. " 206 00:10:54,451 --> 00:10:56,324 But she's not just a witch to you, is she? 207 00:10:56,359 --> 00:10:58,402 No, and I should be able to protect my children 208 00:10:58,437 --> 00:11:00,369 from things I deem harmful. 209 00:11:00,404 --> 00:11:01,989 Trying to raise my kids to have 210 00:11:02,073 --> 00:11:03,825 strong Christian values in today's world 211 00:11:03,866 --> 00:11:05,868 is hard enough without the head of the school 212 00:11:05,952 --> 00:11:08,204 dressing up like a servant of satan. 213 00:11:08,287 --> 00:11:10,331 It's bad enough my 7- year-old knows all about 214 00:11:10,414 --> 00:11:12,787 bitches, pimps and hos from "grand theft auto". 215 00:11:12,822 --> 00:11:14,159 Michael Jackson and child 216 00:11:14,194 --> 00:11:16,180 molestation are now words in his vernacular. 217 00:11:16,215 --> 00:11:17,610 My sixth grade daughter has 218 00:11:17,645 --> 00:11:19,310 classmates who will, excuse me, 219 00:11:19,345 --> 00:11:20,940 perform oral sex for a dollar. 220 00:11:20,975 --> 00:11:22,750 Now all of this is learned at school. 221 00:11:22,785 --> 00:11:23,975 This is why we're so livid. 222 00:11:24,010 --> 00:11:25,862 This is why so many of us are homeschooling, 223 00:11:25,897 --> 00:11:27,244 but I don't want to have to do that. 224 00:11:27,279 --> 00:11:31,296 Public school is just that. It's our school, too. 225 00:11:32,577 --> 00:11:34,458 And satan shouldn't be there. 226 00:11:41,203 --> 00:11:42,368 The national guard said 227 00:11:42,403 --> 00:11:44,530 they'd pay his tuition for college. 228 00:11:44,565 --> 00:11:46,657 He was also told that he'd be safe. 229 00:11:47,243 --> 00:11:48,150 Safe? 230 00:11:48,185 --> 00:11:50,404 He was gonna be a cannon loader, 231 00:11:50,439 --> 00:11:52,623 not one of the guys on the streets. 232 00:11:52,706 --> 00:11:55,084 They promised. When he was reassigned, 233 00:11:55,167 --> 00:11:58,837 doing the job of an MP, guarding a convoy truck, 234 00:11:58,921 --> 00:12:01,441 he made a joke that he should've just joined the Boston PD. 235 00:12:01,476 --> 00:12:02,687 If he was gonna travel halfway 236 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:03,864 around the world to become a cop. 237 00:12:03,899 --> 00:12:07,831 Cassie, what happened on September 2nd of this year? 238 00:12:07,866 --> 00:12:11,307 Jeff's convoy was pulling through a town called Iskandariyah. 239 00:12:12,463 --> 00:12:15,053 They nearly ran over an IED. 240 00:12:15,088 --> 00:12:17,518 It's an improvised explosive device. 241 00:12:17,553 --> 00:12:18,051 A bomb. 242 00:12:18,086 --> 00:12:21,164 They had to disarm it before the convoy could go on. 243 00:12:22,034 --> 00:12:23,758 Jeff didn't have any training 244 00:12:23,793 --> 00:12:25,448 in disarming homemade bombs. 245 00:12:25,483 --> 00:12:28,545 But it had to be done, and no one else had a clue. 246 00:12:29,187 --> 00:12:31,043 He was always like that. 247 00:12:31,078 --> 00:12:32,710 You know, he... 248 00:12:32,745 --> 00:12:34,754 was always one you could count on. 249 00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:37,547 He just never should have been there! 250 00:12:37,582 --> 00:12:38,651 Okay. 251 00:12:38,686 --> 00:12:41,075 But, Cassie, he did enlist. 252 00:12:41,110 --> 00:12:43,430 You sign up for the military, 253 00:12:43,465 --> 00:12:45,801 you have to assume the risk of going to war. 254 00:12:46,677 --> 00:12:48,056 His tour of duty was up. 255 00:12:48,091 --> 00:12:52,251 Plus he died doing something he was never trained for. 256 00:12:52,286 --> 00:12:54,801 He didn't assume that risk. 257 00:12:59,523 --> 00:13:01,003 Nothing further. 258 00:13:03,818 --> 00:13:05,243 Mr. Randolph? 259 00:13:05,278 --> 00:13:06,821 I have nothing for Ms. Elliot 260 00:13:06,905 --> 00:13:08,372 except to thank her family 261 00:13:08,407 --> 00:13:10,237 for the sacrifice that they've made 262 00:13:10,272 --> 00:13:13,571 during this difficult struggle for freedom. 263 00:13:34,015 --> 00:13:35,725 Thank you. 264 00:13:36,392 --> 00:13:39,652 Hi. Did we have a meeting scheduled? 265 00:13:39,687 --> 00:13:42,690 Denise, we have some concerns about our case. 266 00:13:42,725 --> 00:13:45,944 Okay. Well, please. 267 00:13:48,029 --> 00:13:49,238 We don't want to make trouble, 268 00:13:49,322 --> 00:13:51,688 but the Christians keep bringing up satanism, 269 00:13:51,723 --> 00:13:53,213 which completely misrepresents 270 00:13:53,248 --> 00:13:54,501 what our religion is about. 271 00:13:54,536 --> 00:13:55,719 We're worried that the Wiccan 272 00:13:55,754 --> 00:13:57,857 side isn't being represented fairly, 273 00:13:57,892 --> 00:13:59,926 I mean, we're a recognized religion 274 00:13:59,961 --> 00:14:03,093 with hundreds of thousands of followers. 275 00:14:03,128 --> 00:14:04,638 We're just looking for balance. 276 00:14:04,673 --> 00:14:06,113 Well, your side is up next, 277 00:14:06,148 --> 00:14:09,019 and you'll be able to state your position fully. 278 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:10,747 I promise. 279 00:14:10,782 --> 00:14:14,119 Thank you. That's all we ask. 280 00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:14,828 Yeah. 281 00:14:19,477 --> 00:14:20,844 Should we say something? 282 00:14:21,456 --> 00:14:22,593 What? 283 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:27,276 - Um, Denise... - Uh, we don't know you very well. 284 00:14:27,311 --> 00:14:30,911 Wiccans care about spreading goodwill 285 00:14:30,946 --> 00:14:34,427 and restoring the natural balance of the world. 286 00:14:34,462 --> 00:14:36,839 And from you, well, we're feeling 287 00:14:36,874 --> 00:14:39,217 a quiet, screaming disharmony. 288 00:14:41,048 --> 00:14:41,748 Come again? 289 00:14:41,783 --> 00:14:44,944 Maybe it has to do with the fact that you're recently divorced. 290 00:14:46,245 --> 00:14:47,342 How did you know that? 291 00:14:47,377 --> 00:14:50,849 You have a tan line from your ring. 292 00:14:53,010 --> 00:14:55,144 We can help. It's what we do. 293 00:14:55,179 --> 00:14:59,850 I appreciate your concern, but I'm completely... 294 00:14:59,885 --> 00:15:01,797 harmonic. 295 00:15:02,019 --> 00:15:04,173 - Okay. - Okay. 296 00:15:15,908 --> 00:15:17,764 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 00:15:23,742 --> 00:15:26,008 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 --> 00:15:49,431 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 00:16:56,709 --> 00:16:58,122 What are your thoughts? 309 00:16:59,594 --> 00:17:01,971 I prefer to be alone. Please leave. 310 00:17:02,006 --> 00:17:05,183 - Why? - No reason. 311 00:17:05,933 --> 00:17:07,769 If you were to guess at a reason... 312 00:17:07,804 --> 00:17:09,944 If I were to guess, 313 00:17:09,979 --> 00:17:12,061 I'd say maybe I don't want to socialize 314 00:17:12,096 --> 00:17:14,144 with a pinko liberal Democrat commie. 315 00:17:15,776 --> 00:17:18,018 You may think it's patriotic to dissent, 316 00:17:18,053 --> 00:17:20,467 and maybe it is, sometimes. 317 00:17:20,502 --> 00:17:22,847 But to sue the army in a 318 00:17:22,882 --> 00:17:24,660 time of war is not patriotic. 319 00:17:24,702 --> 00:17:28,279 It borders on treason. And I'm disgusted with you. 320 00:17:29,081 --> 00:17:30,668 And just so you know, most of 321 00:17:30,703 --> 00:17:32,255 the Democrats voted for this war. 322 00:17:32,290 --> 00:17:34,462 John Kerry voted for it. 323 00:17:34,545 --> 00:17:36,130 Hillary Clinton voted for it. 324 00:17:36,213 --> 00:17:38,306 And now suddenly it becomes unpopular, 325 00:17:38,341 --> 00:17:40,400 say what you will about Republicans, 326 00:17:40,756 --> 00:17:41,981 we stick to our convictions, 327 00:17:42,016 --> 00:17:43,451 even when we know we're dead wrong. 328 00:17:43,486 --> 00:17:44,887 Some might say especially then. 329 00:17:44,922 --> 00:17:48,142 It's not funny, Alan. 330 00:17:48,225 --> 00:17:49,536 I can't look at you right now. 331 00:17:50,589 --> 00:17:52,583 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 --> 00:18:22,984 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 --> 00:18:25,387 Well, guardsmen have to write 337 00:18:25,471 --> 00:18:26,638 home for essential supplies, 338 00:18:26,722 --> 00:18:30,225 little things like flashlights, batteries, 339 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:31,945 to major stuff like body armor. 340 00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:33,593 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 --> 00:18:40,189 they had me doing MP duty 345 00:18:40,224 --> 00:18:42,150 because there was no one left to do it. 346 00:18:42,185 --> 00:18:44,076 Before I knew it, I was guarding convoys. 347 00:18:44,111 --> 00:18:45,147 With private Elliot? 348 00:18:45,182 --> 00:18:46,205 It happened to a lot of us. 349 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,093 There just aren't enough guys over there. 350 00:18:48,128 --> 00:18:50,730 Corporal, based on what your recruiter told you, 351 00:18:50,765 --> 00:18:52,265 is this what you expected when 352 00:18:52,300 --> 00:18:53,546 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 --> 00:18:58,282 My recruiter told me that the 355 00:18:58,317 --> 00:18:59,675 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 --> 00:19:15,334 I was told that I would never see combat. 362 00:19:15,369 --> 00:19:16,756 Is it your testimony that you 363 00:19:16,791 --> 00:19:18,143 were never trained in combat? 364 00:19:18,178 --> 00:19:19,764 That's not my testimony. 365 00:19:19,799 --> 00:19:22,892 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 --> 00:19:27,988 And the government gave you a hefty signing bonus, 369 00:19:28,023 --> 00:19:29,875 which you used to pay off that debt. 370 00:19:30,865 --> 00:19:31,573 Yes, sir. 371 00:19:31,608 --> 00:19:33,225 And now that you're back at home, 372 00:19:33,260 --> 00:19:36,382 going to college at nighttuition-free and have a good job, 373 00:19:36,417 --> 00:19:38,445 both of which the government facilitated 374 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,062 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 --> 00:20:00,064 It's actually a good thing 379 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:01,190 that they're calling a witness 380 00:20:01,274 --> 00:20:02,763 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 --> 00:20:15,683 - 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 --> 00:20:35,224 Denny, whether or not one agrees with the war... 389 00:20:35,259 --> 00:20:36,440 I don't want to talk about it. 390 00:20:36,475 --> 00:20:38,212 Why is that? Why does no one want to talk about it? 391 00:20:38,247 --> 00:20:39,917 Why can't friends even discuss it? 392 00:20:39,952 --> 00:20:41,311 Because you're either with us or against us, 393 00:20:41,346 --> 00:20:44,233 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 --> 00:21:14,305 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 --> 00:21:33,615 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 --> 00:21:38,162 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 --> 00:21:48,171 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 --> 00:21:59,815 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 --> 00:22:20,495 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 --> 00:22:28,176 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 --> 00:22:42,315 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 --> 00:22:46,345 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 --> 00:22:51,168 This is why we came to you. 439 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:52,103 This is what we were talking about. 440 00:22:52,138 --> 00:22:52,642 Wait a second. 441 00:22:52,677 --> 00:22:54,274 You saw Denise behind our backs? 442 00:22:54,309 --> 00:22:55,706 It wasn't behind your back. 443 00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:57,104 Oh, so then you're a hypocrite. 444 00:22:57,139 --> 00:22:57,825 Hey, hey, hey. 445 00:22:57,860 --> 00:22:59,410 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 --> 00:23:02,775 Well, what are you gonna do, turn me into a toad? 449 00:23:02,810 --> 00:23:04,328 - 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 --> 00:23:09,039 All right, that's enough. 452 00:23:19,846 --> 00:23:21,889 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 --> 00:23:29,201 he'd be getting into when he signed up. 455 00:23:29,236 --> 00:23:30,942 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 --> 00:23:38,527 We went over his service contract 460 00:23:38,562 --> 00:23:41,443 together, and explained each provision completely. 461 00:23:41,478 --> 00:23:43,514 I may have emphasized the positive, 462 00:23:43,549 --> 00:23:44,906 but I never lied to him. 463 00:23:45,429 --> 00:23:47,154 You told private Elliot that he'd be 464 00:23:47,189 --> 00:23:48,845 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 --> 00:23:54,856 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 --> 00:24:01,756 went to your recruiting office yesterday at our direction. 470 00:24:01,791 --> 00:24:02,910 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 --> 00:24:07,134 impeachment, your honor. 474 00:24:07,169 --> 00:24:08,907 Sergeant Hendler articulated that he 475 00:24:08,942 --> 00:24:10,645 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 --> 00:24:22,978 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 --> 00:24:27,666 You told him the national guard 483 00:24:27,701 --> 00:24:29,294 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 --> 00:24:36,983 Mr. Dewey he'd have to do anything else? 487 00:24:37,222 --> 00:24:39,061 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 --> 00:24:42,554 "hopefully, he'd never see combat". 490 00:24:42,589 --> 00:24:43,921 And if Mr. Dewey says he 491 00:24:43,956 --> 00:24:45,416 never heard the word "hopefully," 492 00:24:45,486 --> 00:24:46,733 would he be lying or mistaken? 493 00:24:46,768 --> 00:24:47,823 Because he's willing to take a polygraph. 494 00:24:47,858 --> 00:24:49,721 - Objection. - Sustained. 495 00:24:49,756 --> 00:24:51,070 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 --> 00:24:55,844 Try one is a 1-year trial program. 499 00:24:55,879 --> 00:24:57,415 If you sign up, and you aren't happy 500 00:24:57,450 --> 00:24:58,951 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 --> 00:25:02,305 officially enlisting in the national guard. 503 00:25:02,340 --> 00:25:03,615 And that's what private Elliot 504 00:25:03,650 --> 00:25:04,685 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 --> 00:25:09,554 Private Elliot served out his year, 508 00:25:09,589 --> 00:25:12,453 fulfilled his contract and clearly wasn't happy. 509 00:25:12,488 --> 00:25:14,090 Why didn't he just come home? 510 00:25:14,125 --> 00:25:15,658 Private Elliot was kept in 511 00:25:15,693 --> 00:25:17,320 Iraq under the stop loss program. 512 00:25:17,355 --> 00:25:19,130 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 --> 00:25:25,379 how much longer had the military planned 516 00:25:25,414 --> 00:25:27,667 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 --> 00:25:51,060 Yes. According to our generals and military advisors, 524 00:25:51,095 --> 00:25:53,572 we need a lot more than the 140,000 currently over there. 525 00:25:53,607 --> 00:25:54,861 Why are we not sending more? 526 00:26:01,580 --> 00:26:03,803 Are we trying to win this war or not, sergeant? 527 00:26:23,945 --> 00:26:25,404 Your honor, this is clearly a 528 00:26:25,488 --> 00:26:26,788 stunt. He orchestrated this. 529 00:26:26,823 --> 00:26:28,604 These are the children who will be affected. 530 00:26:28,639 --> 00:26:30,906 That doesn't mean you parade them around like exhibits. 531 00:26:30,941 --> 00:26:33,178 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 --> 00:26:57,103 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 --> 00:27:01,857 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 --> 00:27:05,903 Halloween everywhere is just make-believe. 541 00:27:05,938 --> 00:27:07,530 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 --> 00:27:13,410 Persecution is an issue, 545 00:27:13,494 --> 00:27:14,662 which, to be perfectly frank, 546 00:27:14,745 --> 00:27:16,170 neither of these suburban parents 547 00:27:16,205 --> 00:27:18,104 nor their high-priced attorneys know anything about. 548 00:27:18,139 --> 00:27:19,119 And it's insulting to 549 00:27:19,154 --> 00:27:20,633 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 --> 00:27:49,029 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 --> 00:27:53,617 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 Chriristian 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 --> 00:28:54,768 "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 --> 00:29:05,646 because I wasn't a trade unionist". 582 00:29:05,681 --> 00:29:07,655 "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 --> 00:29:44,060 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 --> 00:29:49,628 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 --> 00:30:13,021 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 --> 00:30:17,172 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 --> 00:30:35,361 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 --> 00:30:40,011 Personally, I was against it. Then I was for it. 608 00:30:40,046 --> 00:30:42,701 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 --> 00:30:47,035 But whether one is for or against the occupation, 611 00:30:47,070 --> 00:30:49,200 and let's assume, judging from your tie, one is, 612 00:30:49,235 --> 00:30:51,426 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 --> 00:30:56,089 Private Elliot was told he'd serve a year. 615 00:30:56,173 --> 00:30:57,792 He was told he wouldn't see combat. 616 00:30:57,827 --> 00:30:59,411 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 --> 00:31:08,322 for which he was never, ever trained. 621 00:31:08,357 --> 00:31:10,990 He wasn't given the most basic of equipment. 622 00:31:11,025 --> 00:31:13,623 And then after his tour of duty was finally up, 623 00:31:13,658 --> 00:31:14,774 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 --> 00:31:33,450 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 --> 00:31:49,024 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 --> 00:32:03,872 when kids like private Elliot, killed in action... 642 00:32:03,907 --> 00:32:06,402 - 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 --> 00:32:16,847 But maybe we don't want to know 647 00:32:16,882 --> 00:32:17,796 about our children dying. 648 00:32:17,831 --> 00:32:20,820 So lucky for us, this war isn't really being televised. 649 00:32:20,855 --> 00:32:22,800 We're not seeing images of soldiers 650 00:32:22,835 --> 00:32:24,711 dying in the arms of their comrades, 651 00:32:24,746 --> 00:32:26,546 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 --> 00:32:31,968 And all the American public wants to concern itself with 654 00:32:32,003 --> 00:32:34,486 is whether Brad and Angelina really are a couple. 655 00:32:34,521 --> 00:32:37,521 At least with Vietnam, we all watched, and we all got angry. 656 00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:40,522 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 --> 00:32:45,936 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 --> 00:32:51,291 We have no timetable for getting out. 661 00:32:51,326 --> 00:32:54,068 Some of these troops could be extended 20-plus years. 662 00:32:54,103 --> 00:32:56,604 Their mothers and fathers have to spring for body armor 663 00:32:56,639 --> 00:32:59,106 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 --> 00:35:14,688 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 --> 00:36:05,724 The government has been repeatedly told 704 00:36:05,759 --> 00:36:09,507 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 --> 00:37:15,055 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 --> 00:37:57,299 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 --> 00:38:01,851 understand the awful truth over there. 731 00:38:01,886 --> 00:38:03,847 One of the reasons it's happening over there 732 00:38:03,930 --> 00:38:05,306 Is so it won't happen here. 733 00:38:05,390 --> 00:38:07,350 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 --> 00:38:12,856 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 --> 00:39:01,742 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 --> 00:39:49,352 "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 --> 00:40:54,099 I don't presume to know whether 760 00:40:54,140 --> 00:40:55,857 this is a good war or not, Denny. 761 00:40:55,892 --> 00:40:58,478 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 --> 00:41:13,211 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 --> 00:41:26,506 Most of the Cranes in my family were flamingos. 770 00:41:26,541 --> 00:41:28,508 Indeed. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net