Margaret Page #12

I totally

misused the word.

I wasn't trying to insult you, Emily.

I really wasn't.

I feel so bad

about what happened

and I'm trying so hard

to do something about it.

I don't understand why,

if I say something wrong,

you can't just

give me a break.

Thanks for letting

me come over.

I know you don't

want me here.

It's all right.

But I didn't have

anyone else to talk to.

You have always been very

sympathetic to my craziness,

and I may not

show it all the time,

but I actually

really appreciate it.

It's no problem.

So...

What's been going on?

I just need to

talk to somebody

who doesn't completely

misunderstand who I am.

Or not even who I am,

but what's going on inside

me, or all around me.

Sound confused enough?

No, no.

Anyway, for

whatever reason,

I always felt like we understood

each other on some level.

Even though I'm like this

mass of conflicting impulses,

and you're basically the most

grownup, rational man I know.

I doubt that's actually

true, but thank you.

It's just a little hot.

A little warm.

Is this all right?

Yeah, it's fine.

Do you allow smoking

in your apartment?

You can smoke.

I like your apartment.

Thanks.

It's a sublet, actually.

Sorry.

That's okay.

This is terrible.

What is?

What's terrible?

I just like you so much.

Sorry. What a moron.

Hey, Lisa. Lisa.

I'm your friend.

And that's not

gonna change.

It's not gonna change.

Thanks.

I like you so, so much.

What's it like

in Indiana?

It's okay.

Please don't

do that. Don't do that.

I really wasn't expecting

anything like this to happen.

I'm really not sure

how I'm supposed to react.

Don't worry. I'm not

gonna tell anybody,

if that's what

you're worried about.

I totally initiated

the whole thing.

Anyway, it's just sex. You're

acting like a little kid.

I'll see you

in school.

You're a f***in' idiot!

I think teenagers should

definitely rule the world because

teenagers aren't

corrupted by adult life yet

and they're idealistic

and they care.

And I know

a lot of people feel

that teenagers

are really naive,

which they are,

many of them.

But they still

haven't had a chance

to get burned out by

the disappointments

and harsh realities of

learning how to play the game.

So, yes, I would

vote "yes."

All right.

Lisa?

I'm not even gonna

comment on the fact

that you just compared

a 19-year-old Palestinian

to a member of

the Hitler Youth!

That's right, because they

both like to kill Jews.

Lisa! Hey!

Come on, guys.

It's not because they've been

occupied and humiliated

and bombed out of their homes

for the last 50 years?

That's partly

why they like it.

It's not like killing civilians

is their last resort.

It's their first resort because

it's easy and they like it.

Raise your hands.

They like it?

They're just bad

people and they like it?

Yes! There are bad

people in the world.

I think they liked blowing up

the World Trade Center!

They kill their own sisters

when they get raped!

Who?

It's called barbarism!

It's practically all people

do is kill each other.

If they didn't like it,

they wouldn't do it.

You guys aren't

the only ones in the class!

You're not even Jewish, Lisa!

The next person who opens their

mouth without raising their hand...

I'm f***ing half Jewish,

and who cares

what I am? I'm anti-murder,

not pro-Israel.

Lisa! You can leave!

Fine. Thank you.

I guess I lost

my cool a little,

but there is

such a thing as...

Who is running

these discussions?

But, Lisa, you have

to remember,

it's always easy

for the dominant side

to be content

with the status quot.

How do you mean, Ramon?

I mean the oppressor uses

violence to maintain his position

and calls it

the rule of law.

But when the person underfoot uses

violence to change his status,

he's called a criminal

and a terrorist.

And the violence of the state

is called upon to put him down.

I see.

And what would

you like them to do?

"They" meaning?

The Jew oppressors. What

would you like them to do?

I didn't use

that expression.

- No, you didn't.

- But since you ask...

I spent the whole day

arguing about this.

I didn't really mean

to bring it up again.

Don't handle me.

I'm not handling you.

What did you think of the play?

Don't bother, Mom.

And I think it's ironic in the

extreme that the victims of Nazis

find it essential...

If Israelis were like Nazis

there wouldn't be any Arabs left.

...to use Nazi tactics...

- That's what I've been saying!

- And I'm leaving.

That seems excessive,

Emily, come on.

That's the response.

That's the Jewish response.

It's the what?

It's the Jewish response.

You don't like what I am

saying or what I do, so you...

Oh, my God!

That's my Jewish

response.

That's all right.

It's all right.

It's all right.

That's all right.

It's a perfect

little encapsule.

It's the Jewish response.

Joan, I won't

defend myself.

All what I meant was

that was the typical response

you will get from someone

who will take that position

that woman was taking.

If I would have said the word

"Israeli" instead of the word "Jewish

I don't think there

would be a problem.

But if you want

to break up with me

because I used

the wrong adjective...

What I'm going to do?

I'm not going to beg you.

Hello?

Hi, Dad, how are you?

Really?

What's the matter?

I never said I

didn't want to go.

I can't get

a straight answer from

anybody about what

they want to eat...

Annette says she's

called you four times

and you haven't

called her back.

The ranch seems

to be putting some

kind of intolerable

pressure on her

to choose five lunches

for a five-day trip that

we're not taking for

a month and a half.

I talk to Curtis

about it and all I get

is monosyllables.

So what is the point?

I think he's really

looking forward to it.

Well, that hasn't

been my impression.

I also think, Lisa,

it would be a good idea

if we just tabled the notion of

you coming out here next year.

Things look like

they're gonna start

picking up for me

a little bit in the fall

and that means

I'm not gonna be

around the house

all that much,

and since you and Annette

detest each other,

I honestly don't

think that's what

I want to come home

to after a 14-hour day.

We don't detest each other.

Well, I gotta tell you,

it doesn't strike me

as something you

seem that serious about.

Okay.

So, just tell Curtis that New Mexico's

off and I'll talk to you whenever.

Okay.

All right.

What's wrong?

Mr. Deutsch?

I'm right here.

I had the thought, if they're

willing to settle so quickly,

maybe we're better off

waiting a little bit,

you know, ratlin'

the saber a little more?

Maybe we're cutting'

our own throats here.

They are responding to

the story in the paper.

That's

just common sense.

But what you gotta understand is

they're offering to settle now

because they want to get the

story out of the paper.

That's why Russel thinks...

Besides, the point is not

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