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And that is a religious experience.
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Here's another example.
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"There are many times that
I feel death is the best option.
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My work would be
much more seriously looked at
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and possibly make the difference
that in living, I can't do."
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I think that was
sort of a paradox for him.
:21:20
That he felt not worthy enough
to get his message across at times.
:21:25
And so, maybe,
in the drama of death
:21:28
his message would be more poignant
and reach out to more people.
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But his message stirred
a lot of controversy.
:21:35
The Gaedes have collected
thousands of angry letters.
:21:39
I can read you some of...
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I picked out three
of these vitriolic hate mails.
:21:46
They cover the gamut.
:21:50
"Stereotypical environmentalist.
:21:53
Just as long as the donations
keep coming,
:21:55
furthering the antihuman
eco-religion as a noble cause,
:22:00
who cares about reality?"
:22:02
And the very idea
:22:05
that Timothy made a lot of money
doing what he did
:22:09
is absolutely preposterous, 'cause
he's one of the poorest people we knew.
:22:13
Another one.
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"A bear diet consists
of liberals and Dems,"
:22:19
meaning Democrats.
:22:21
"A bear diet consists of liberals and Dems
and wacko environmentalists
:22:25
that think the spotted owl
is the most important thing in the world.
:22:29
We need to somehow drastically increase
the number of bears in America,
:22:33
especially in such key spots
as the Berkeley campus."
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I, too, would like to step in here
in his defense,
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not as an ecologist,
but as a filmmaker.
:22:48
He captured such glorious
improvised moments,
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the likes of which
the studio directors,
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with their union crews,
can never dream of.