THX 1138 Page #15

DEFENSE:

Reject, reject. Inefficient

unwarranted destruction. Must be

saved...mass is one... can be

productive. Name of economics;

cure this soul...malignant cure.

There is a heritage of good and

economic efficiency.... net gain.

PROSECUTOR:

Insane.

PONTIFEX:

Granted.

PROSECUTOR:

Immediate destruction is the only

efficiency. The crimes are of

secondary importance. The issue

is one of genetic inferiority.

This man is of womb.

There is slight pause as a murmur goes through the

courtroom.

PROSECUTOR:

He is the product of an illegal

sexual perversion and should have

been destroyed at the moment of

conception. What is in question

here is a concept in economic

efficiency and procedure that has

allowed these erotics to exist and

dilute this great society.

DEFENSE:

Inane...inane...

PONTIFEX:

Rejected.

PROSECUTOR:

The services performed by these

erotics must be automated. If

sexual perversion is to be stamped

out, the products of this perversion

must...

DEFENSE:

Reject...reject...reject... What

is the prosecution doing? This is

not a race issue....not here.

Remember sanctity of the individual

regardless of race. A

nonresponsible act...simple case.

Birthborn citizens are physically

compatible with clinic types and

must be consumed, not destroyed.

Econ equilibrium status 542 through

691 apply to case. Defendant used,

not destroyed. Case rest.

He takes three computer cards and places them before the

Pontifex.

PROSECUTOR:

The perversions committed by this

obsolete race have a definite

corrosive effect on our society.

If he is not destroyed, his deviate

characteristics will be transmitted

to others. We must not continue

to consume these erotics.

We must exterminate the source of sin.

Economics must not dictate situations which are obviously

religious.

PONTIFEX:

Conclude.

PROSECUTOR:

If 1138 is consumed and not

destroyed, this perversion will

spread. He must be destroyed. It

is the only logical, efficient,

and righteous verdict which can be

reached.

The defense says nothing, only shakes his head in dissent.

The Pontifex scans the room, then gives the Proctor a nod.

PROCTOR:

Concluded.

PONTIFEX:

Proceed.

The Proctor types the last bit of information into the

computer.

Moments later, the computer readout activates. The Proctor

tears off the sheet and hands it to the Pontifex. The

Pontifex silently reads the verdict and then stands.

PONTIFEX:

(solemnly)

OMM be praised. All are One.

Praise be to the masses.

The Pontifex hands the verdict to the Proctor as two chrome

policemen drag THX before the Pontifex. He makes a sign

over THX and mumbles a prayer, then looks at the Proctor,

who reads the verdict.

PROCTOR:

1138 prefix THX stands convicted

of index 3278.927 appendix 445

through 613. Drug evasion 321,

399, and malicious sexual

perversion.

Everyone in the courtroom is unmoved and unconcerned. THX

sits in a trance-like shock.

PROCTOR:

...1138-THX is pronounced

invaluable.

The subject shall be consumed as economics dictate.

The defense gives the prosecutor a triumphant glance. Two

chrome policemen take THX out of the courtroom.. As he

leaves, LUH is escorted into the room by another door.

They do not see one another.

PRISON CHAMBER:

THX is escorted through a white limbo area by a chrome

policeman with a long electronic pole. Shortly, they reach

a group of nine other felons. The area is defined by ten

blue beds - each bed is actually a rectangular box equipped

to provide all the necessities for human existence. Some

felons are asleep, others are sitting on their bed modules,

and a few are grouped together in a discussion.

The policeman take THX to an empty bed module and pounds

his long pole on the floor three times. A few of the

prisoners turn and look.

POLICEMAN:

THX 1138.

The policeman turns and walks into the whiteness, leaving

THX sitting on his bed. The other nine men are: SEN 5241,

PTO 0340; NIN 1969; TWA 7070; DWY 1519; NCH 0066; IMM 9472;

JOT 1288; and TRG 3442.

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