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And stressed the right

of individuals not to be

coerced by government

on sensitive personal issues,

like abortion.

Kenmont's failure to

offer any kind of a plan

that would improve

on the status quo,

is the greatest indication

of all, that what we've

been hearing all day

from our worthy opponents,

is just a lot of

hot California air.

(LAUGHING)

We are very confident

that you will vote negative.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

What we need is a plan!

-Then give them one.

-I don't have one!

Of course you do.

You're the wrap up specialist,

aren't you?

So go wrap it all,

Muldowney.

Mr. Muldowney,

your time has already started.

At the start of the season,

Coach said that we would have

to learn to see and

feel the other side

as if it were our own.

I thought he was

out of his mind.

See, I thought the rich

were to blame for

all the country's problems.

And I thought that women

were the bad guys in

the battle of the sexes.

But then I met a young man

who was very rich,

and he taught me that

the rich have problems

just like everybody else,

and that being poor is

no excuse for anything.

And then,

I met this young lady,

who thought me

that I don't know the

first thing about women,

or what they're

going through today.

(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

And the conclusion

I came to is this.

We are all

in this boat together!

Rich and poor!

Old and young.

Men and women!

And we are all scared

and unsure today,

because our

whole moral structure,

as a nation, is crumbling.

And we don't know

what to do about it.

You want a plan?

Well, the first step is to

realize that decisions

like Roe v. Wade,

have inadvertently contributed

to an overall breakdown in

this nation's character.

I mean, look around!

We have lost the backbone

of our founding fathers!

Their pride and passion!

About work and the family.

And replaced it with

a consumer culture,

that we are all

hooked on like junkies.

Everything is too easy for us!

If we can't make

our marriages work,

we'll go and get

a quickie divorce.

If we can't afford something,

we'll put it on credit and

leave a legacy of debt

for the next generation.

And if we get a little sloppy

about our birth control,

we'll walk in

and get an abortion.

The next step in this plan,

is a nationally funded

education effort.

Aimed at making all of us

aware of how we have been

abusing our freedoms,

and what we need to do

to regain our integrity

as human beings.

You see, I am not saying

that abortion is wrong.

But not training the young

to approach sex

and contraception

as everybody's sacred

responsibility, is wrong.

Making one gender pay the

price for our sins, is wrong!

Not valuing human life,

born and unborn, is wrong!

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Mmm.

(AUDIENCE MURMURING)

(SHUSHING)

I'd like to close with a quote

from a good buddy Dostoyevsky

that pretty well sums up

the affirmative position,

"Imagine that you are creating

a fabric of human destiny

"with the object of making men

and women happy in the end,

"giving them peace

and rest at last.

"But that it was essential and

inevitable to torture to death

only one tiny creature..."

That little baby

beating its breast with

its fist, for instance.

"And to found that edifice,

"that wonderful new world..."

On that child's

unavenged tears.

"Would you consent to be the

architect on those conditions?

"Tell me.

"And tell the truth."

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

-He did it!

-Yeah!

I'm so proud of you.

Now you didn't faint.

Respect, sir.

The judges will

give their decisions

based on their seniority.

Justice Patterson?

I thought that Harvard

dominated the debate

with their research

and polish as a team.

Negative.

Justice Goodman?

I found the West Coast team

very appealing.

Very sympathetic.

This national character issue

is a fresh, new approach.

Affirmative.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

CLERK:
Justice Tarlton?

Well, uh, I thought both teams

did a very nice job with the

women's right issue.

But it seemed to me that, uh,

Harvard was the

more persuasive.

Negative.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Justice Brooderworth.

Don't read more into this,

boys, than it's worth.

This is a collegiate debate,

not a true vote.

I believe in Roe v. Wade.

But I believe this

Kenmont team is right

about a national educational

campaign on abortion.

I also think it's time we

got back to a deeper

value system in this nation.

Kenmont.

-(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

-It's two on two,

I don't believe it.

Justice Blyleven.

(SIGHING)

Kenmont.

-(SCREAMING)

-(RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE)

Yes!

TUCKER:
We did it!

We better get outta here

before the press gets here.

-The press?

-Come on, Muldowney,

let's get out of here.

Unbelievable! Oh, God!

Tucker, do you realize

what just happened?

We just beat the best

collegiate debate team

in history.

And I wish he could

have seen it.

Oh, he would have

been so proud.

(SIGH)

-I just got one

question for you...

-I feel so free!

I never thought people

could feel this free.

You didn't make that up,

did you?

No wonder you

never trusted me.

I trust you now.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Hold me

I will hold you

Listen to me

while I speak my heart

You can talk to me

We're all looking

for a place to start

Where we tell

the truth again

Tell the truth again

Lover

Life is closing in

from everywhere

There's so little time

to show we care

Say the words

that show our hearts

Won't you listen to me

Knowing how we fall

Listen to me

Knowing love is all

I am in you

And you are in me

Through each other's eyes

We see

Listen to me

Hold me

I will hold you

Listen to me

while I speak my heart

You can talk to me

We're all looking

for a place to start

Where we tell

the truth again

Tell the truth again

Love me

Listen to me,

life is not that long

And we don't have time

to get it wrong

Let's believe

and let's begin

Let's begin

Won't you listen to me

Knowing how we fall

Listen to me

Knowing love is all

I am in you

And you are in me

Through each other's eyes

We see

Listen to me

Won't you listen to me

For we know how we fall

Listen to me

Knowing love is all

I am in you

And you are in me

Through each other's eyes

We see

Won't you listen to me

For we know how we fall

Listen to me

Knowing love is all

I am in you

And you are in me

Through each other's eyes

We see

Listen to me

For we know how we fall

Knowing love is all

I am in you

And you are in me

Through each other's eyes

We see

Just how good our lives

Could be

Through each other's eyes

We see

Listen to me

Listen to me

Listen to me

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