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A brilliant career
for one so young, Mr. Ambassador.
:30:06
Not when you remember
that Alexander the Great
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was commanding
the Macedonian army at 16.
:30:12
Of course, that's how many
people view you - as a sort
of 20th-century Alexander,
:30:17
Leading the world out of the
doldrums of recession into
the golden era of prosperity.
:30:23
-You've seen too many
of our commercials.
-But it is the image you put across.
:30:28
Well, the image of Thorn as a corporation,
not a personal image of myself.
:30:32
But yes, it's true. I certainly have
tremendous optimism for the future,
:30:38
and I wanna see Thorn play
a major part in achieving it.
:30:41
You have an interest in young people.
:30:43
What are your plans as president
of the United Nations Youth Council?
:30:47
A great many things, but I think
the most important task I have
:30:51
is to help young people gain
a more prominent role in world affairs
:30:56
than the one we currently
afford them, or rather deny them.
:30:59
I mean, what is this arrogance
that makes us think that
we know better than them?
:31:05
We call them immature and
naive. "Wait till you're grown-up.
Then we'll listen to you."
:31:10
What we really mean is "Wait
till you're grown old. Then
you'll think the way we do."
:31:15
And so youth stands aside because it
has no other choice, and we set to work.
:31:20
We ply them with our values, we
indoctrinate them with our mediocrity.
:31:27
Until finally they emerge from
their brainwashing education
:31:30
as so-called fully fledged citizens,
:31:34
clipped, impotent, and above all safe.
:31:38
Damien!