Capturing the Friedmans
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As far as I'm concerned
he's being, he's

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So then nothing happened.
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We begged him to tell us
that something happened,

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to explain how this whole mess
could have happened.

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That's the only way to explain
how it could have happened

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other then the fact that the
police are out of their minds.

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We begged him.
He told us nothing happened.

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That's good enough for me.
Nothing happened.

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If my father had the ability
to confess to me,

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yeah, he had done
something one time,

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and that's how this whole crazy
mess got started,

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it would make a lot more sense.
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Not that I wanted that
to be the case, but

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you have to find a way
to explain the unexplainable.

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Oh, my gosh.
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Oh, look at that.
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Happy Birthday to you
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Happy Birthday to you
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Is that a real ice cream?
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That's what's so odd about it.
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They had this idealized image
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of this father as being this
saint-like person

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this Santa Claus,
Messiah, you know.

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And professionals
in the field say that

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oh, they have this idea
that children identify

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with the abusive parent.
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When I was about a year or two,
my parents separated.

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And what did I do?
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"My father is wonderful.
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My mother is terrible. "
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The truth is
my father was a rat

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just like David's father.

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