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423 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,072 -"AIDS is perhaps the harsh but real retribution 424 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,670 "of a God too long neglected. 425 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,475 "Nature's revenge on an unnatural minority's 426 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,719 "arrogant disregard of her elemental law." 427 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:48,999 What's in this book you're doing? 428 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,513 - Well, it has all different points of view in it. 429 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,593 - And this is whose point of view? 430 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,196 - Lots of religious people view ages as a punishment 431 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,956 sent from God to gays. 432 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,038 (coughing) 433 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:07,111 - Do people... 434 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,953 (coughing) 435 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,157 really think God wants me here? 436 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:12,390 - [David] Robert, stop. 437 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,715 - Isolates gays from everybody else! 438 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:20,758 (coughing) 439 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,036 Like we're expendable! 440 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,158 - Robert, take a breath for Christ sakes! 441 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:24,992 - It's like... 442 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,390 (coughing) 443 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:27,477 saying God... 444 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,634 created the Nazis to keep the Jews in line. 445 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:32,552 - Robert, take a breath. 446 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:33,597 - Or all the black people... 447 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,752 (coughing) 448 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,115 - Robert, you're hurting yourself, 449 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,312 - All the black people starving in Africa 450 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:41,630 like it's their fault! 451 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,917 - It's just a book, Robert, come on Now. 452 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:45,475 - So God created the virus 453 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,599 to stop gay people from having sex?! 454 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:49,597 - [David] Robert, just forget about the book. 455 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:50,631 - To kill them! 456 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:51,558 - Stop! 457 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:53,513 - A cruel God is no God at all! 458 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:54,472 - [David] Robert, lay Back. 459 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,160 Relax, relax. 460 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:56,958 - [Robert] So stupid! 461 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:58,475 - [David] Tale a breath. 462 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,672 Come on, come on, come on. 463 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:01,671 Relax. 464 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,593 (Robert gasping) 465 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,558 That's good, yeah. 466 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,554 (Robert gasping) 467 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,431 (thunder rumbling) 468 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:18,556 - [David Voiceover] Once at a swimming pool, 469 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,235 I saw a little girl almost drown 470 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,517 and last year, at a restaurant, I watched helplessly 471 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,911 as a man nearly chocked to death 472 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,318 till someone struck him on the chest and saves his life. 473 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,200 Both that girl and man wanted to catch their breaths 474 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,193 but something about Robert scares me. 475 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,318 He was more interested in shouting down 476 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,153 that "God is revenge" quotation 477 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,914 than regaining his own composure. 478 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,033 What sort of a man could feel so personally attacked 479 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:48,749 by the words on those galley sheets? 480 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,640 I have never seen a response SO inappropriate 481 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:53,671 and, yet, so real. 482 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,758 He seemed willing to literally die rather than shut up. 483 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,837 I've never met a person like Robert Willow. 484 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,149 He unnerves me. 485 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,790 (phone ringing) 486 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:23,159 (thunder rumbling) 487 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,230 - Hello? 488 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,069 - [Robert] David, it's Robert. 489 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,710 I called to thank you for getting the nurse in time. 490 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,792 - I'm sorry I brought the galley sheets in. 491 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:38,158 If I thought they were going to upset you, I wouldn't have. 492 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:38,998 - No, 493 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:40,711 I wanna read them. 494 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:42,990 It's just my way. 495 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,435 'M still trying to change things that are beyond me. 496 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,560