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Remember when three thousand people killed in
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October of two? Much now Thirty thousand.
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It doesn't matter Now Hundred thousand And
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it doesn't matter. Three hundred thousand doesn't
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matter. We've been lectured by the West
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for so long about like the values
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and. Of Humanity
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and the Kurdish of Human Rights and then
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we just see that doesn't apply to us.
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So kind of like you feel that may
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be. our people are very cheap from the
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don't match. Hello
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and welcome to ways to change
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the world! I'm Krishnagiri Murphy and
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this is the podcast in which
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we talked to extraordinary people about
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the big ideas in their lives
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and the events that have helped
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shape from My guess. This week
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is a standup comedian from Egypt
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originally but he's now American or
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Egyptian American and he was originally
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a doctor but during the Arab
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Spring he transitioned. If us the
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right word I'm became. A
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sort of a television. Satirist
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in Egypt until his
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show was. No.
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Longer acceptable to the new Egyptian authorities and he
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had to leave the country in a hurry. Bassem
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youssef thank you very much stuff coming in. What
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an introduction to hear what I mean. Look either
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you you spend a lot of your life trying
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to change the world, the world and of moyes
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know I I spend most of the time trying
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to get people off my back like you know
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my peers want to me to go to medicine
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so and to medicine to get them off my
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back. In a way I get into comedy people
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want me to do something so I do them
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so I get. A
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action as a loser.
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Is gonna want necessity for you. Never really
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wants to be a doctor. Find that hard
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to believe. Can you go far now? Yeah
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I know, but I hated every minute of
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it. I did it because there was no
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other choice in my much because in in
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Egypt. You. Have like the traditional way
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the daily show bath. it's very I don't
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have. I didn't have the courage to tell
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my parents I want to see my passion
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because honestly I didn't know what was my
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passion. I didn't know. are you out
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there was not? There's not some the at him. The
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patient about that. I would take a risk for
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it. So I am eighteen years old of my
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class, had the good grief for the medical school
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and there was a what that what do you
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want to do a set of eyes. He didn't
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have any kind of passion to anything cool. did
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your parents to. My. My father
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was a judge my mom was approve a university
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professor but of course in Egypt is either an
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engineer or as opt for I sold my fault
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my my my older brother became an engineer so
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I had to. Be
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I out I have to kind of compete.
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that will I for the social was Ike
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and the and become a dark skin I'm
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in. I'm also sale doctrine that I got
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a place of medical school my when Since
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journalism is that I was thinking what what
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a disappointment all at once we are welcome
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to America Ointments. That
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that? that? that? that? At the
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end up talking about these kinds of
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things I mean you have become very
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famous. Here partly because
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because of a couple of in
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see you've done recently about Israel
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Gaza it of one with Piers
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Morgan saw the got millions and
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millions of views. About
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his feel about that role now. Of
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Sitters year the That the voiceover.
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A dispossessed well. As I said before one
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of my interviews I've seen this movie before
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I was it's because in Egypt I you
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know I I When I switch from medicine
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I became I had my own television show
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a day the shows were successful and suddenly
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I was said. I was told the same
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things through the voice of the people are
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was yeah looseness Other guys I'm comedian three
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with John Stewart armor and and he's from
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Pinewood. People get so frustrated. Was with a
3:34
certain issue with Susan Topic and they find
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someone. That. They can resonate with the put
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all of their. Hopes and
3:41
dreams and all of their expectations on that
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prison and I didn't have that a your
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human being and you you you you have
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limits And I have limits. At a certain
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point like I did in Egypt, I couldn't
3:52
continue anymore. So I kind of bailed out
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because it was not safe. It was too
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much for me. A hero, I found myself
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in a position. Where. I
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am defending a cause that I've never been part of.
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We. Know, agnostic, I'm not. I'm not up
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at a senior. you know I'm get that
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married to her as someone who's half but
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a senior and even she's not even actual
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ensnared. Main concerns about the kids basically. but
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I found myself being into that position or
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your your voice as family in Gaza. Others
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to earth. Ah yeah, discipline of us I'm
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are you in touch from and you know
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where you're going? Was really trying to get
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out there there in the process of trying
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to get out for alive. And.
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Is a sides they had like but
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what? Six or seven families, uncles and
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cousins and sauce and they all know
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the old lost their homes, still live
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under the old, now cramped in one
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apartments in one building. With. Sharing
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it with twenty five other families in that
4:45
building and deputy could be bomb Tomorrow said
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you feel able to. Makes.
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Comedy out of the situation. My show that
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I too would now does not have anything
4:54
to do with their current events. I.
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Try to avoid explain when I had this
4:59
kind of optical same and them I'm booking
5:01
my shows people come and expect that I
5:03
was talk about what's happening yesterday or the
5:05
day before as and know that so smart
5:07
that out works and I I find it
5:09
very hard to i should make fun of
5:11
or meet somebody out of it's. To. Cancers
5:13
yeah be like if it happens on every
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now and like when i go on a
5:18
certain interviews ai it's useless the absurdity of
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it's yeah you know like i was really
5:22
only rules the got a sorry guys whose
5:25
ah we didn't lead to that has gone
5:27
he doesn't series it's you like what happened
5:29
to that would the with a sense of
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either way i look since kitchen to wilson
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to fit sources of kitchen yet because seven
5:36
people said we're sorry guys having walk or
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is terrible and then the signal is that
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it's com os and if they on ah.
5:43
It was us and that I worry
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that war is bad guys and say
5:48
and it was such and then they
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would even a house there for you
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for twitter account say this is the
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distance between Hamas and Israel because Israel
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acknowledges his mistakes and apologizes will have
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who. Would love know beautiful and
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then they even one of the to select
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look what hummus me this do such. I
6:05
mean you don't even need to actually write
6:07
any jokes about. This is just like their
6:09
atrocities Ehrlich's you know like when Donald Trump
6:11
was present than using lip one horrible thing
6:13
after the other you discounts and it does
6:15
become funny anymore. That's exactly what's happening did
6:17
not mean that's the point is of the
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what you know the world in so many
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ways as be on satire on yet Sabbath
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said that certain pointed the it's it's it's
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it's still to be fun yet you are
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able to sort of makes me eat your
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able. To make fun of people Who says i
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mean you know you made fun of Piers Morgan?
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Imagines: v Make fun of Ben Shapiro you you'll
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make fun of Israel right now. People.
6:38
Are now to react to that to they treated
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you Don't know whether to laugh cause you to
6:42
know whether you weather sucks. I was very settle
6:44
laugh because it's been several being killed was is
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a set. Space. Add the fact
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that like you tell that kiwi, you
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should applaud Israel for a warning civilians
6:53
before bombing them. Wow. Dude.
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How. Amazing. How lovely is
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yes it's it's it's is as he said i
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don't know is that it's it's funny and said
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in the same blamed on tv in i was
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like the fact that the lights and we the
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fact that like than is a said like I
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am as as a like a a a base
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military's under they also do you have any proof
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he's a Cg I did you looked at it
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that's what we have. And. You have
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to believe it. But if you don't believe it's rude and
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to submit. Your
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anti semite. Tude. You get
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accused to that of course of and some so I am.
7:29
I'm an anti semitic if is funny because any
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to those that use with it being a secret
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you. Animal Said Agents And
7:35
though I'm me, I come to make it to
7:37
be accused of being a decently a summit. Oh
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how you deal with that. Would. You say
7:42
like he loves it like this?
7:44
Yeah I'm so afraid. Now at
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get it doesn't mean anything. This.
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Accusation: Went is emitted It It's it's.
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it's A. It's an empty acquisition. It
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doesn't mean anything, but it's It's one
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of the worst. Accusation Know Why? Why?
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Why? Why you for being being used
7:59
to be arrested. The around to see more
8:01
understand that I'm a semi myself, right? Yeah,
8:03
yeah so it doesn't make any sense Your
8:05
sense Of course I'm in their money on
8:07
or say like the fact that you say
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anybody's emphysema doesn't mean anything because the cool
8:12
other Jewish people at the semites, right hours
8:14
and fittings you sort of be changed their
8:16
tier. oh you're surfing Jews reds. It doesn't
8:18
matter, it doesn't make sense that will that?
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Yes, reducing the power of thus accusation is
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ebbing away. People.
8:25
In there anymore for people it's it's
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be People are making fun of this
8:29
accusations because basically is a same will
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do whatever we want and because we
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are see lights and if you speak
8:36
about anything Oct seven, October seventh and
8:38
you're anti semite it's just you See
8:40
if the that of it's become so
8:43
tired and so exhausting and as just
8:45
devoid of of anything with meaning what
8:47
do you think about the others But
8:49
the flip side of that was when
8:52
people accused Israel of a holocaust or
8:54
a genocide. Or in are they turn
8:56
those words back on Israel and
8:58
say, "We'll look at what you're
9:00
doing when oversee the numbers do
9:02
not compare" You
9:05
know and when you talk about
9:07
genocide of inner are you think
9:09
about Rwanda or Cambodia or the
9:12
Summer War or millions of people
9:14
dying Deducing that's an appropriate accusations
9:16
Love Sub zero miles with i'm
9:18
familiar but as soon as are
9:20
condemned as I mean as a
9:22
so course yes what happens if
9:24
added just it's not genocided Just
9:27
like like weakening don't really have
9:29
a fundamental Indiana Hell interrogation that
9:31
waterboarding it's not torture is enhanced
9:33
interrogation. Still much getting. Our that
9:35
this is. That's why I don't even they
9:37
engage about the lives because the it's just
9:40
words. You. Of genocide Not genocide.
9:42
Genocide Genesis and as me and you
9:44
wasting time. Deciding. Of genocide.
9:46
We're not already sent. People were shot
9:48
as we speak. Fear. Is. Is
9:50
that what is the proportionate response was or
9:52
health and is or do is is a
9:55
little as as we are discussing this book.
9:57
Arguments. right? Fifteen.
9:59
People are killed. Blake. Who
10:01
does it is? We have the right to exist
10:03
And what should a joke as we're discussing these
10:05
books? Fifty. People who are
10:07
at it doesn't matter. All of these
10:09
conversation about the media is just like
10:12
sickening because he just gave Israel more
10:14
time to do whatever they do and
10:16
daily visits. Wishes increase killing so whatever
10:19
definitions were discussing, defending whatever self defense
10:21
more theorists, it doesn't matter. It
10:23
doesn't matter, the whole system seems to be
10:25
designed for his just doing whatever they want
10:28
and on their spare time the come in
10:30
and the piss you off with these discussions.
10:32
So. What? What? What did you? What
10:35
have you worked out and about the
10:37
power of a Tv show like the
10:39
one you had in Egypt or like
10:41
the Daily Show in America? Were you
10:43
surprised? Power you make fun of? Politicians
10:45
are men may take power. Ah, I
10:47
may win anyway. You know I mean
10:49
the Daily Show in America was the
10:52
city's vaunted saying that people think is
10:54
absolutely amazing chance to his back on
10:56
it. It's very funny but it's not
10:58
going to stop. Anything
11:00
happening is as a her. Yeah.
11:04
It's an illusion for a feast. If we don't
11:06
respect is an illusion, we're just explain much of
11:08
an illusion. All of all of this is illusion.
11:11
We're wasting our that people don't like talking, lots
11:13
of thinking that we can actually make a change.
11:15
While that would doesn't even change. I.
11:17
Mean, it's just it's it's it's right
11:19
there. How many you and resolutions homeland
11:21
Security cause he doesn't matter? It doesn't
11:23
matter. Really? We can talk and
11:25
we shout and we didn't cry and we can jump
11:28
and was pump money into the day. The people about
11:30
do whatever they wanted you feel that you're so was
11:32
pointless. Will was not was time as as as as
11:34
we entered at Hope but at the system points says.
11:37
He doesn't matter when you when you started out
11:39
doing that when you first off I joined the
11:41
com is you Cindy we're going to be doing
11:43
He's a think using I like making fun of
11:45
people about it's a beautiful things and I think
11:48
it is. It is the major. Of
11:50
a democratic such as a citizen them when
11:53
I could do it, you become desensitized and
11:55
you lose hope like you know and then.
11:58
A You come to United. If anything the
12:00
doors will because you can speak about anything
12:02
you want but viewed. but then you speak
12:05
about stuff and it doesn't matter. You whole
12:07
top for whoever in office and he doesn't
12:09
matter because whoever you vote for doesn't really
12:11
follow your direction or doesn't work for your
12:13
special interest was for the species of the
12:15
people who given money for the next election
12:17
cycle. Are you gonna vote for Miss Guys
12:19
will think so? I don't think so. I
12:21
mean this franchise from the whole democratic process
12:23
I'm I'm very sad to say this because
12:25
Lakes what what, what is or isn't of
12:27
what's what's the point of like giving my
12:29
vote. For someone who had end of the
12:32
day would work for special groups that would
12:34
would that would pay him much more than
12:36
I would ever pay him and then that
12:38
would go on and do. But Edmunds nuclear
12:41
legislation that doesn't work for my for my
12:43
own interest in just it doesn't make. Any
12:45
sense you herself. But if you if you
12:47
are faced with a choice between Joe Biden
12:49
and Donald Trump. Satellite.
12:51
I have no doubt you'll for that say I'm
12:53
not going to take the choice. I'm not pleased
12:56
with any choices that's not an advantage. The choice
12:58
the same put isn't I don't have to take
13:00
any. What does that leave your power to complain
13:02
than final if you haven't I don't know. Exercise
13:04
that show is. It is all new to me.
13:07
Some. Discovering that a living in the
13:09
new words Cg like it. Or
13:11
love it. What? What you love of America I
13:13
bet is a great place to live. It's agree
13:15
that minimum of course I'm I'm I'm vey disenfranchised
13:18
by it's policies. Would you know it's a great
13:20
be People are wonderful disagreed lived at the place
13:22
to live as a good place to raise your
13:24
kids. I'm not gonna lie, I mean I'm I'm
13:26
not complaining about America as the place but as
13:29
many Americans the don't like their policies of the
13:31
countries as many British people who don't like the
13:33
policies of the of its ab ab a vague
13:35
you know the British government. it is fine to
13:38
be just franchise but the policies will You gotta.
13:40
Do feel freezer in a way that you didn't
13:42
play as he free to say whatever they want.
13:45
Which is great. I. Mean
13:47
again, but. What I'm saying is
13:49
that I'm just in in the in the end
13:51
of a some Other than that I'm discussing the
13:53
what does it mean to be freed of is
13:55
just like to be you voicing your opinion or
13:57
that's actually are opening have an impact of countries.
14:00
These. Or maybe they're just like. Maybe
14:02
we're not. We don't matter, maybe
14:04
the not our numbers no matter
14:06
And. I. Don't. Answer:
14:10
Discovering this whole new world my friend
14:12
who you're sounding very well, sort of
14:14
almost near listeners the since the so
14:17
cynical beyond wouldn't use well I mean
14:19
shit out. Of sorts,
14:21
a lot of people who who have reason to
14:23
feel that way I suppose. But I mean I'm
14:25
actually surprised that even hair optimistic. But where does
14:27
the optimists come from? Why?
14:30
Are you optimistic? Why am I also miss? I
14:32
don't know that I am optimistic, are you and
14:34
thought, but I spent all my time talking to
14:36
people who think they can change the world fallen
14:38
on Who who wants to change is only back
14:40
into that. Okay Adam Adam, make it a better
14:43
place as a separate made me If I'm. At
14:46
at at is quite interesting so someone is Marty St Louis
14:48
for this is this is of someone's doing comedy. Movies
14:52
refresh, sold to somebody who says we
14:54
know what you can't bear I'm but
14:57
I wonder whether that's what you really
14:59
believe with us. As phase you, going
15:01
through all our maybe or maybe smuggler
15:03
prices are just or fifty. So I'm
15:05
I'm I'm getting used to the this
15:07
old sense of do because you sound
15:09
like somebody must have been more optimistic.
15:12
Early on in life documents I desire your
15:14
sitters victim What I hear when we were
15:16
optimistic and. We
15:19
have. We: Are you optimistic about the
15:21
Arab Spring you're gonna happen to detect
15:23
was actually going some? Yes, we did.
15:25
Yes we'll have other was did. What?
15:28
Did he think was gonna happen? Ah
15:30
you know the dream of democracy and
15:32
nino of having a good democratic secular
15:34
country and on the hospital bar would
15:36
go and the you would elect some
15:38
lead of a you are once had
15:40
a as yes yes we are so
15:42
nave. Ssssss Because
15:45
when you think that's what happened so
15:47
fine, you know you. You have this
15:49
Arab Spring. Mubarak goes. More.
15:51
See comes in the Muslim Brotherhood guy. What
15:56
Did She sings? Well. Yeah well as I
15:58
was fine when the when he's the president. It
16:00
didn't mind him being a black president
16:02
and I but the thing is you
16:04
a eight it very complicated for the
16:06
people don't let didn't live in Egypt
16:08
but the most of other the did
16:10
sunday that many of them muse like
16:12
democracy as a way to get into
16:14
power but then it's it's it's it's
16:17
kind of like considered sabotaging all of
16:19
that tools of democracies will be producing
16:21
about and the I I I. I
16:23
don't think that the any aid for
16:25
the that the he stayed either was
16:27
like. Certain of.
16:31
worrying signs. I
16:33
don't think the to she should have been removed.
16:36
I celebrated in been removed because it was some
16:38
ginger on my own life from them because us
16:40
on the them some other that was at risk
16:42
I was interrogated i was had my show being
16:44
threatened and then under the mr as even that
16:46
horse was stuff happened how do we need to
16:49
remind people that I was by some of us
16:51
to yes after Mohamad more see who and yet
16:53
democratically elected as president's the aisles to unite the
16:55
country and fail to get international sports get I
16:57
mean I am and I have to say that
17:00
at the beginner's luck I was happy because use
17:02
would because again it when you're. Into then
17:04
there's personal danger as you sort of
17:06
the big the biggest like yes and
17:08
as I know that strong what's happening
17:11
as accurate were in swapping of of
17:13
religious fascism where the military's ashes and
17:15
then eventually I was I was kicked
17:17
up. must have because your comedy becomes
17:20
dangerous I don't because I continued doing
17:22
the same with the new regime and
17:24
the didn't like it. Then I lost
17:27
my each show. Cancel the couple
17:29
of times and I was good at add to the thirty
17:31
fifth your life. I guess I am. Always.
17:33
It for did you see you can read locked up. Look
17:36
both ways. I
17:38
once was a whole lot of emotions. men.
17:41
Result of trauma. Up
17:44
with a stay at Sf, I don't want
17:46
to dig the tumor out. There is no
17:48
no, I'm splitting. Don't give me a sense
17:50
of what you were going through. eleventh of
17:53
November. two thousand and fourteen the I lost
17:55
that arbitration case that as really to the
17:57
cancellation of my show and in arbitration there's.
18:00
No jail time that's the truth but they
18:02
are more said like dude sex, forget of
18:04
applause and and which is to the have
18:06
to leave right now because this is at.
18:09
But. This is what's gonna happen. They gonna go come
18:11
to you. they can to prevent you from leaving they
18:13
take your passport the up with injured so I left
18:15
and I left Egypt any fourteen. never went back. And
18:19
I had to start all over again. In a
18:21
new country you are new language doing send a
18:23
comedy in my second language this nut or that
18:25
I'm doing right now. And
18:28
it was a kind of us are
18:30
very interesting journey going through all of
18:32
that them the good just going to
18:35
them. Know that disappointments
18:37
going to that said bags and trying
18:39
to find yourself from the beginning and
18:41
trying to. Figure
18:43
out who you are in this world. A
18:46
year ago so my son of comedy became
18:48
better. And of
18:50
selling more tickets and actually putting putting
18:52
more people and seats and then they're
18:54
the. The interviews with Be More happened
18:56
and I exploded and that when people
18:59
came I will say that the time
19:01
was right because if that happened two
19:03
years ago I wasn't ready. So. When
19:05
you say is your story. Where.
19:07
Does it begin when it begins from Egypt?
19:09
When I was a doctor had to leave
19:11
that doing this to show and then I
19:14
took out. Like being interrogated. The scene or
19:16
interrogation is very funny. It wasn't bad
19:18
at them but it's it is now as because
19:20
I was in target for my jokes and I'm
19:22
going to America finding myself under like when from
19:25
becoming president about the interrogation don't move All I
19:27
have learned that the there you can have too
19:29
much on watches. I. I'm
19:32
I'm I'm going around my show me a success
19:34
and I'm gonna give spoilers of what what does
19:36
American citizenship means? You know it means that they
19:38
don't have to apply for their these. Little
19:42
more as you know for it's it's it's
19:44
full. Of course, it's practically the fact that
19:46
you can get. Like years. And like Forty years.
19:49
And my life. Forty. Five years
19:51
of my less effect that I
19:53
hadn't as you should bedford other
19:55
had to wonder, Had yet to
19:57
plan any travel in months and
19:59
even need. You're in a mess he
20:01
i played the bitching and v they the
20:03
Uk v said the american v said abkazian
20:05
visa nebulous whatever it is crazy there are
20:08
sisters and like as an I think like
20:10
you are allowed to go without a visa
20:12
to only nineteen or twenty countries with and
20:14
then suddenly the whole would open for you.
20:17
I can just like wake up gets into
20:19
a cog outta there for go to any
20:21
country want. Except. If you want smith. Atom.
20:24
Bomb Agree. Sure I want to go there, but
20:26
it's it. Is it? A head at the understand
20:29
the kind of freedom contrary bucks for hours from
20:31
just from it? Because. I
20:34
covered both. The initials
20:36
spring a member and of more seats
20:38
are remember thinking i don't know what
20:40
it is that people are addicted to
20:42
Here is it is it revolution that
20:44
they like. Is it is
20:47
the sort of the promise of something
20:49
being better because it always seems to
20:51
me the whatever people wanted was undeliverable
20:53
universal of the hope or something that
20:56
was brilliant house Mubarak the hope or
20:58
something that was brilliant optimal seats people
21:00
were was going to be disappointed for
21:03
the procedures problems would basically home economic
21:05
and political. What's funny but of B
21:07
M in in Europe which is as
21:10
a very stable democracy for fifty years.
21:12
That. People did going on to the must be some
21:15
look at France. They have a strike every two days.
21:17
Yeah. So as to why are you feeling as
21:19
on as as if we are the only one
21:21
left to just accept things as we ought? Don't
21:23
we want? don't we just have to us by
21:25
for something better or like the French people have
21:27
everything and then this and go on strikes and
21:29
be paralyzed. The who can see. Why? Don't
21:32
you ask them The same question was details as
21:34
to the Us is a slightly different thing that happened.
21:36
isn't that damage they were revolutions they were overthrow stare
21:38
that people that know at the a way to sort
21:40
of they were not a winner of America for us
21:43
to citizen I know but the over selected by
21:45
the army on the Beatles six by Matt determined
21:47
by the army of the people that them in the
21:49
people who had the power to remove the authorities not
21:51
the people whom have used the only set symbol
21:53
type was a million people as he doesn't matter
21:55
just look at their know that a done me does
21:57
move not gonna be cool. And.
22:00
The army of always retain power. And.
22:03
Still do today. course to letting fifty Two It's
22:05
always been there are some what that means of
22:07
people's ability to change things in their own countries.
22:09
I don't know he to ask the western countries
22:11
that. Support these and military regimes
22:14
all around the world. And then they complain
22:16
about why don't we have democracies in these
22:18
parts of North Side is that though isn't
22:20
it the most incredible question as the coin
22:22
to to have democracy like as like I
22:24
don't know because you keep selling arms to
22:26
these people's yeah this one season came to
22:28
Britain to be trains and. Although
22:31
these. You. Know
22:33
I don't. Regimes are you most? I'm in my
22:36
mind I didn't. Know
22:38
I'm who am I mean it's Egyptian military.
22:40
Generals are often hop off been together, history
22:42
been trained it near completion of the to
22:44
establish months. So you're right. You know these
22:46
things are props up by the international order
22:48
in some just wanna get to sort of.
22:50
You know the sort of the cynicism that
22:52
you have about people's ability to change the
22:54
world Magnetism Saw a woman who talk about
22:57
your people are right to sort of complain
22:59
and prefer right to wombats Emmy they could
23:01
simply but I overheard will say we're not
23:03
be with the saying and aiming at Jessica
23:05
This they can complain but like at it
23:07
as if. He has two different things.
23:09
They have the right to complain. Your question is,
23:11
would that change the woods? Yeah And I say,
23:13
I don't think so. But in the
23:15
same time I go to limit to complete. It's.
23:18
Not Cd mutually exclusive. Rate is yeah, it's
23:20
league and didn't have both. I
23:22
don't up on almost every for example I go the
23:25
that I complain about what is it that stuff. That
23:27
she's anything snow. Do I keep
23:29
doing it? Yes, Why? Because I have nothing else to
23:31
do. What?
23:37
what do you think should happen Now
23:39
on That's where on on the Israel
23:41
questions you think things are changing.
23:43
She thinks international townhouses genius or
23:45
while shooting international opinion has changed between
23:48
of as a dozen medicines it doesn't
23:50
matter. It doesn't matter the
23:52
second question, but in the one that that's
23:54
exactly does he teach may be does it
23:57
matter to know. Because. It was
23:59
his legs was. People don't like is
24:01
now. do they care? Would
24:03
have a slow down the killing know
24:06
have these stop killing people know and
24:08
they stopped get heavy somebody thing every
24:10
single international law article know does it
24:12
matter? Know will change and he know.
24:16
The gonna send with one girl language which
24:18
is power and force and there's no pressure
24:20
or power from them. Sooner Disease which is
24:23
their own sponsor and sometimes I wonder who
24:25
leads the other So in Southern have. Club
24:28
not, I understand what you said.
24:30
You feel disenfranchised from you don't
24:32
want to choose between Bodmin. Trump's
24:34
producing America will be difference depending
24:36
on who wins the election. I
24:38
am bias against Trump. I think
24:40
he can make changes that affect
24:42
even feasible expression and democracy. But
24:44
that's my biased. Me by misinformed maybe
24:47
gonna be better? Ah I had certs advice
24:49
about by the and I thought that you
24:51
would be a better president. He's not.
24:53
So I was wrong about that, specially in
24:55
what's happening because. I don't
24:58
know I am. I honestly
25:00
I honestly like this conflict
25:02
has been very. Emotionally
25:05
demanding that I can't even imagine what
25:07
America would be other either of them
25:09
to conflicts in Ghazi Me I. Can
25:12
you tell me a little bit about that? I
25:14
mean were in what way? Is it Emotionally demanding
25:17
for you beyond the obvious and me any. The
25:19
thing is they can member when see thousand people
25:21
killed in October of two much. Thousand.
25:23
Thirty thousand. It doesn't matter now. Hundred
25:26
thousand? It doesn't matter. Three hundred thousand doesn't
25:28
matter. We've been lectured by the West for
25:30
so long about like the values. Of
25:33
Humanity and the Fish of Human Rights. And then
25:35
we just see that doesn't apply to us. So
25:38
kind of like you see that may be, our
25:40
people are very cheap and they don't. Match.
25:44
And. With. Doesn't matter
25:46
how many people. Killed.
25:49
Would. You mean by our people? Pacitti.
25:51
Be. I mean of them if they were Arabs rate.
25:54
Because it's if is hop at at at
25:56
the because we all linked together. Arab muslims,
25:59
Middle eastern, whatever. You know and I wonder like
26:01
what will happen of my daughter, what we're l a
26:03
penal grows up and. And. Put the
26:05
like a fallacy to give me a goes
26:07
into machine when she's twenty years old. Would
26:09
you be arrested for being a terrorist? I
26:11
don't know this whole thing like stacking the
26:13
whole world opinion against us and x of
26:15
the beacon the whole world exception that we
26:17
just die in them in a huge the
26:19
about numbers idol I I didn't hear what
26:21
any other population that last. Us.
26:25
To. Percent of it's population in this and
26:27
six months. And. In here with them.
26:30
And. That it's happening rectified. Were out in the
26:32
when he's can't nobody cares. We
26:35
just talking about. When you say nobody cares
26:37
yeah what would you have to do to show
26:39
the you can meet have the and one not
26:42
any any other thousand. People. In Power.
26:44
Your. Insights Yep this of is at best
26:46
and I'm gonna see this and then I
26:49
repeat in every single interview if that as
26:51
a or stops to they know what's the
26:53
wishing that could happen. People congratulate and priests
26:55
is for stopping the word now. Instead
26:58
of holding it comes to for the rest of the stuff
27:00
for the past six months. His. Escape Or. They
27:03
make even give the novel price peaceful oppressed
27:05
on it and yet. For. Just
27:07
stopping. Thirty thousand people. If. The worst
27:10
option? The. People. Of priests
27:12
Israel for since could say. Well
27:14
I mean it's it's quite common of
27:17
the end of was for war leaders
27:19
to them be awarded peace prizes absolutely
27:21
which is always extraordinary body think should
27:23
happen is it should have be held
27:25
accountable and taken to the criminal court.
27:28
And. They should pay reparation and this you
27:30
go in and and repair what they did
27:32
because whatever have in October seven does not
27:35
justify all of them. So what what When
27:37
you say that's are either you feel I'm.
27:40
Your your people who she like Palestinians
27:43
are don't know how much they're human
27:45
beings semantic but they don't count. He
27:47
had the same way not look at.
27:51
How many? how many Palestinians kids were killed
27:53
since October? Some he of in those bank
27:55
eighty one Yeah. If
27:57
it you want israeli kids were kids have to or seven.
28:00
What will lower do? Fine. But. Is
28:02
this revelations You. Know. It's
28:04
of the revelation we know this all along but
28:06
when you when you when you see your mom's
28:08
a toy right now because we we know we
28:10
did it with on matters we don't we know
28:13
that our lives up doesn't. Saw
28:15
that valuable We understand that we've been up with
28:18
since a long time ago. Like.
28:20
In own eleven people from Charlie of door
28:22
kim which terrible of course everybody's use we've
28:24
charlie of them the world leaders went to
28:27
Paris eleven people. But.
28:30
Does. This thousand. Isn't used to
28:32
the two more comes up Ten thousand policies
28:34
recut you think I would will make any
28:36
kid know. I mean I. I saw the
28:38
of the argument you made around that was
28:40
about the dehumanization of Palestinians and about talking
28:42
about them as animals. Using that was even
28:45
need it. Now it's not needed
28:47
but it's it's It's a tsunami, not
28:49
ice or can exit as I think
28:51
in this is a self evidence the
28:53
people in some parts of the world's.
28:57
Are. Valued less than people in other possible
28:59
when it comes to death occurs when you're
29:01
in when you're living in the western world.
29:04
Since the coup question is. Do
29:06
do you think the Palestinians needed
29:09
to be dehumanized or with a
29:11
just worth less. And
29:13
less both because the in order to
29:15
escalate the violence you need to remind
29:17
the people how an inhuman to people
29:19
are. In. Order to continue doing
29:21
it. Because. The Israel has
29:23
been killing them on daily basis but in
29:26
in order to up the violence every now
29:28
and then. You. Need a little
29:30
bit of the a reminder of how I
29:32
inhuman those people are so he just like
29:34
a process that goes into just have. To
29:37
increase in the. The. Victims of.
29:40
See what you don't do comedy about
29:43
Conference yeah to visit our conversation Us:
29:45
I'm an outcast. An indication of you
29:47
are in your mind about this whole
29:49
thing. Saudi. Switch between
29:52
math. And my job. Is
29:55
just a job is a joke. It's my job. It's
29:57
not just the job, it is my job. It's my life.
29:59
Foods. Our go in and the people who
30:01
buy tickets to come and see making love
30:04
don't have to have to suffer whatever I
30:06
have to go to. I can have like
30:08
global problems at home with my kids with
30:10
my wife but it doesn't matter because they're
30:12
I'm a performer nobody cares what happened she
30:15
of sight of offstage and so if if
30:17
you work for a moment's an optimistic person
30:19
I met this is another and could change
30:21
the world in any way. How would you
30:23
changes. By the moment said.
30:26
The. Survey toward be question.
30:29
Arrow. At it Just and
30:31
the thing is. The
30:34
whole big talk about changing the word
30:36
doesn't do anything if you don't. Address.
30:41
The power. Who.
30:43
Has the power was the power to
30:45
she'd been are to for the power
30:47
to force people to do certain things
30:49
or stop people from doing certain things
30:52
and the people in power don't really.
30:55
Response or care about any of our
30:57
suggestion. Switch it to change the war
30:59
because at a certain point is that
31:01
of our was to change award will
31:03
affect their special interest. They would stop.
31:06
How are you going to tell your kids? Know. I
31:10
will wait until you're twenty one than them. Up
31:13
us on that look at around their childhoods. I'm
31:15
gonna ruin them as they were when they're young
31:18
people were old enough the every other they were
31:20
old enough to have their their their lives ruined.
31:24
As what do you think? I'm a monster
31:26
now. For some he
31:28
says thank you very much indeed think is in.
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