YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!
SON, WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT HAS
WALLS. AND THOSE WALLS HAVE TO BE GUARDED BY MEN WITH
GUNS.
WHO'S GONNA DO IT--YOU?
YOU, LT. WEINBERG???
I HAVE A GREATER RESPONSABILITY THAN YOU CAN
POSSIBLY FATHOM. YOU
WEEP FOR SANTIAGO, AND YOU
CURSE THE MARINES. YOU HAVE THAT LUXURY--YOU HAVE THE LUXERY OF NOT KNOWING WHAT
I KNOW--THAT SANTIAGO'S DEATH, WHILE
TRAGIC--
PROBABLY SAVED LIVES--AND MY EXISTENCE, WHILE
GROTESQUE--AND
INCOMPREHENSIBLE--TO YOU--
SAVES LIVES!
YOU DON'T WANT THE TRUTH, BECAUSE DEEP DOWN, IN PLACES YOU DON'T
TALK ABOUT AT
PARTIES...YOU
WANT ME ON THAT WALL! YOU...
NEED ME ON THAT WALL!
WE USE WORDS LIKE "HONOR...CODE...
LOYALTY!" WE
USE THESE WORDS AS THE BACKBONE OF A LIFE SPENT
DEFENDING SOMETHING. YOU USE THEM AS A
PUNCH LINE!
I HAVE NEITHER THE
TIME...NOR THE INCLINATION TO
EXPLAIN MYSELF--TO A MAN THAT RISES AND
SLEEPS--UNDER THE BLANKET OF THE VERY FREEDOM THAT I PROVIDE--
AND THEN QUESTIONS THE MANNER--IN WHICH I PROVIDE IT!!!
I WOULD RATHER YOU JUST SAID, "
THANK YOU", AND WENT ON YOUR WAY.
OTHERWISE, I SUGGEST YOU PICK UP A
WEAPON...AND STAND OPPOSED.
EITHER WAY--I DON'T GIVE A
D--N--
WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE ENTITLED TO!!! 