Are We Civilized?

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Dr. mother dear see you.

Charmian wait it's my doctor good

morning Paolo well doctor dear this is a

place well how are you Paul

I was just tapping and I thought I might

possibly see your father won't you sit

down I'll send for him thank you how

remarkable patient I'll let you judge

for yourself please tell my father that

the doctor wishes seen dad will be glad

to see you I'm sure he's often told

friends that having the top of his skull

blown off in the war was a blessing in

disguise yes because doctor he says you

must have put something in his head he

didn't have before I don't understand

well you see dad's greatest success has

been achieved sensible would you go for

your father always was a brainy man

stupid he went to America so soon after

the war too bad his brains couldn't have

served the country of his birth well you

know daddy's a free thinker he needed

room to expand

you couldn't tie him down to any one

country yeah but the Sun is different

there what does your father think of

- your romance with the daughter of our

- beloved general mass is delighted came.

Over to attend the wedding

you see the general and father were

bought of tramble

time brings many changes the war now the

new government and you know it is

rumored Paul that your father came over

here to break off your romance with

Norma oh that's not true doctor

why father in the general Paul

my old friend oh thank you my old friend

dr. Dear as I live and breathe

I'm amazed that you still do live and

breathe this you should be doctor oh it

seldom is that a patient survives the

city and the thing you with a silver

plate first foul for the past 60 years

you know it served me very well but

thanks to you not bad not at all bad for

a quick job done behind the lines.

Oh your operation is all right team

- exclusive to dying eyes within an enemy

- prison camp yeah don't you two start.

Living the war all over again

it's a sign we're giving old told you

not we don't just to say involve take my

advice and don't commit yourself to get

too excited I see you're afraid I might

get a short service Oh

outside of occasional dizzy spells

doctor but I wouldn't know that my head

was off the gold standard

well it's your head well you're just as

irresponsible as ever never obey a

doctor when you're well that's one of my

models they tell me doctor here what

kind of an experiment is this country

attempting in government well I might

ask you the same questions about America

you see that you two can't keep

discussing major operations which

reminds me that I'm due at the hospital

to perform on in exactly 15 minutes but

I see you tonight it at the dinner and

you're all of these dinners doctor tis

my head that you should be worrying

about my stomach perhaps perhaps my

doctor is talking again so thank you I

will call I see you tonight

goodbye Lorelai goodbye

I'm fellow doctor here and a great

surgeon an awful braggart

what you know I don't see anything so

remarkable about this operation he

performed on my head why dad this is

done and he removed my brains and

replaced him with sawdust and then I had

continued to function like a normal man

in he'd had something to prove Oh Mary

see you menopause what is it Tom watch

some more cables the government has

cancelled this public mr. Franklin

canceling our news flashes yes

censorship is getting tighter every day

what they kill today why the story of

the burning of the sense of books also

your article on the new government and

its suppression of the freedom of the

press how long's this been going on

started several days ago they put a

sensor on at the cabling offices and no

news can lead the country dad unless it

meets with government approval well

looks like it's a good thing that I came

over here we're going to get the real

news out of this country my son if we

have the smugness maybe things will be

different after fall marries the

daughter of the chief of the sensitive.

Bureau maybe then he left us where -

absolute secrecy nothing like that these

are copy here Tom I'll see what I can do

okay

I'm thinking maybe method in this

romance Oh nonsense dad Norman I love

each other well I wrote doubt about that

ball and I think she's a wonderful girl

but knowing Phoenix Mothma sister boy I

can see now that he is chief of the

censorship Bureau oh he would welcome a

- family time with a junior member of the

- world's most powerful new syndicate are.

You inferring that I would permit

sentiment to

interfere with our business there's

episode doesn't that normal or father do

here any minute

the general wants to speak to you about

your reception exploded give me an

opportunity to ask him just how far

intends to go with this suppressing a

free speech listen bad that's just what

I don't want you to be careful what you

say dad Paul if this new government

intends to take away the freedom of

speech and the freedom of the press at

anytime

come right in there good morning you

know I thought state officials never got

up the beam you know

well you look pretty enough to kiss you

suppose your perspective father-in-law

because why not mmm

hey nothing like starting the day out

right well Rick the few 20 years younger

he's a wonderful except all the charm

from my mother mother told Lillian she

knows I haven't much time this morning

Paul people please me good you know I

thought this would get to socialism Paul

if you in normal will excuse it that's

not necessary I mean it may not be

necessary but perhaps it might come mmm

well you know no I thought good Phoenix

you pardon me if I find it rather

difficult to become accustomed to your

formality an office makes finance on one

wall there's a demand that one should

take himself too seriously

oh come now here we are you one of the

foremost men of your country and I one

of the foremost news publicist yes

perhaps in the world what does it all

mean I've seen that the patient's

position made lost overnight so are you

living in the stream changeable world

Phoenix that's why we shouldn't take

ourselves to CDs I have no time for

philosophizing Paul the dinner in your

honor tonight wait oh yes they're

together can't answer that either

oh yes of course you will be a part of

my dear friend a most excellent

opportunity of rendering a distinguished

service to the country of your birth

means in what you may say tonight oh I

understand and to be bribed with a

dinner and flattered into becoming one

of your chief propagandist it I'm sorry

Paul but I cannot appreciate your sense

of humor oh why middle and Z we were we

were boys together

this is what I call the real common

normal why don't you advance the date of

our wedding I'm really cool d-did you

know father insisted on marriage get

state affairs but if he has to break his

vision don't tell me we're gonna have to

suffer all that pomp and ceremony I'm

afraid there's a penalty I paid to be

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