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ElizaE
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Pride and Prejudice (A&E version) when Darcy tells Elizabeth that he loves her at the end and they sort of just look at each other.
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Toni
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Great choices I love those scenes.:clapping:
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rocklobster
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From Star Wars III :
Yoda vs. Palpatine: Go Green Midget!
From Quick and the Dead :
bad guy’s best line: “The only reason you see the sun is because I allow it!” Gotta love delusions of grandeur.
Yoda vs. Palpatine: Go Green Midget!
From Quick and the Dead :
bad guy’s best line: “The only reason you see the sun is because I allow it!” Gotta love delusions of grandeur.
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MarySon
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From “The Pianist” where the German solder gives food and clothing to a hidding Jew
From “Quo Vadis” where Peter is leaving Rome and sees Christ. Peter asks Christ “Quo vadis, Domine” - Where are you going, Lord. Christ replies: “Back to Rome, so I could be crucified again”. Peter then returns back to Rome
From “Monk” on USA Network. In one episode, Monk goes to New York to follow a faint lead on his wife’s murder. He sees the guy who delivered the bomb and who is dying in the hospital. He is connected to all kinds of equipment including a pain killer dispenser. Monk upon hearing the story turns off the pain killer machine and says “This is me turning this machne off”. A few seconds later he turns it back on saying: “This is Trudy (Monk’s wife) turning it back on”
From any James Bond movies: “Bond, James Bond” or “Oh, James”
From “Quo Vadis” where Peter is leaving Rome and sees Christ. Peter asks Christ “Quo vadis, Domine” - Where are you going, Lord. Christ replies: “Back to Rome, so I could be crucified again”. Peter then returns back to Rome
From “Monk” on USA Network. In one episode, Monk goes to New York to follow a faint lead on his wife’s murder. He sees the guy who delivered the bomb and who is dying in the hospital. He is connected to all kinds of equipment including a pain killer dispenser. Monk upon hearing the story turns off the pain killer machine and says “This is me turning this machne off”. A few seconds later he turns it back on saying: “This is Trudy (Monk’s wife) turning it back on”
From any James Bond movies: “Bond, James Bond” or “Oh, James”
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Annunciata
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I just finished watching the movie " The Notebook" Gena Rowlands and James Garner: The scence when the night nurse comes in in the morning and finds them dead in bed holding each others hand…
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KnightErrantJR
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Return of the Jedi- Luke: “I’ve got to save you!”
(I know a lot of people hate that scene, but I love it, and I think its the point of all the movies)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Spock: “Jim . . . I have been, and ever shall be . . . your friend.”
Return of the King Aragorn’s Speech at the Pellenor Fields . . . Aragorn was my favorite character in that series, and it always facinated me how he accepted responsibility on one hand (as a ranger, protecting the lands from evil) but still tried to shirk the responsibility of being king.
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Anakin: "You already have."Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Spock: “Jim . . . I have been, and ever shall be . . . your friend.”
Return of the King Aragorn’s Speech at the Pellenor Fields . . . Aragorn was my favorite character in that series, and it always facinated me how he accepted responsibility on one hand (as a ranger, protecting the lands from evil) but still tried to shirk the responsibility of being king.
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epower
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Two scenes from the movie Alive:
The movie with Bette Midler ( I forget the name) where she checks her best friend out of the hospital so that she can die at home looking out at the beach.
I am sure I can think of others.
- where they are all singing Christmas Carols.
- At the end when they are rescued.
The movie with Bette Midler ( I forget the name) where she checks her best friend out of the hospital so that she can die at home looking out at the beach.
I am sure I can think of others.
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Karen1996
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KBarn
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The final exchange between Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men.
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Celia
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Oh, I love that movie! I remember watching it in high school and it was right at that scene, and the bell rang, and usually we all rush out the door (hey, it was lunchtime) and everyone sat there and didn’t move a muscle. We were all just like riveted to the screen. It was cool.
Don’t remember what class that was for, though…I think Ethics or something. (catholic school)
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mastda
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Back to the Future: too many to mention - reagan line - storm scene - etc.,
***Stand by Me: ***when the body was discovered
Rocky 2: Hospital Bedside “Win Rocky Win”
Princess Bride: “I am Diego Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die”
Some Kind of Wonderful: The Kiss
Spiderman: The Kiss
The Devils Advocate: When Al Pacino starts his rant about lawyers
My Name is David: All of them
***Stand by Me: ***when the body was discovered
Rocky 2: Hospital Bedside “Win Rocky Win”
Princess Bride: “I am Diego Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die”
Some Kind of Wonderful: The Kiss
Spiderman: The Kiss
The Devils Advocate: When Al Pacino starts his rant about lawyers
My Name is David: All of them
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brotherhrolf
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Ben Hur - the chariot race; the reflection of the Crucifixion in the rain puddle; the cure of Judah’s mother and sister from leprosy.
El Cid - For God, Alfonso, and Spain!
Braveheart- Freedom!
The Two Towers - the arrival of Gandalf and the army at dawn.
2001: A Space Odyssey - the arrival of the Pan American Space Clipper at the space station. (What a vision in 1969! Too bad it never happened).
Planet of the Apes (Charlton Heston version) - the Statue of Liberty in the sand.
El Cid - For God, Alfonso, and Spain!
Braveheart- Freedom!
The Two Towers - the arrival of Gandalf and the army at dawn.
2001: A Space Odyssey - the arrival of the Pan American Space Clipper at the space station. (What a vision in 1969! Too bad it never happened).
Planet of the Apes (Charlton Heston version) - the Statue of Liberty in the sand.
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Dodgeball: " If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball "scene.
Princess Bride: As you wish, all scenes.
Joy Luck Club: “You have best quality heart” scene
Princess Bride: As you wish, all scenes.
Joy Luck Club: “You have best quality heart” scene
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mozier
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My favorites, off the top of my head:
Airplane!
“Fly this plane? Surely you can’t be serious!”
“Yes, I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley!”
Death Wish 2
“Do you believe in Jesus? Good. Because you are about to meet him.”
The Breakfast Club
“Does Barry Manilow know that you raided his wardrobe?”
Stakeout
“Did we practice safe sex?”
The Graduate
“Elaine! Elaine! EELLAAIINNEE!!!”
Star Trek: Generations
Kirk’s last words: “Oh my.”
Airplane!
“Fly this plane? Surely you can’t be serious!”
“Yes, I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley!”
Death Wish 2
“Do you believe in Jesus? Good. Because you are about to meet him.”
The Breakfast Club
“Does Barry Manilow know that you raided his wardrobe?”
Stakeout
“Did we practice safe sex?”
The Graduate
“Elaine! Elaine! EELLAAIINNEE!!!”
Star Trek: Generations
Kirk’s last words: “Oh my.”
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John_Kearns
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Because we should be Catholic in all we do, I could not help to point out That the following films have been found to be morally offensive, by the USCCB Film board, whose rating system is as follows:
A-I – general patronage;
A-II – adults and adolescents;
A-III – adults;
L – limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling.
A-IV* – DISCONTINUED RATING. Originally adults, with reservations (an A-IV classification designates problematic films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, require caution and some analysis and explanation as a safeguard against wrong interpretations and false conclusions);
O – morally offensive.
Pulp Fiction – Ultraviolent tale of vicious killers and assorted lowlifes (notably John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer) whose paths murderously intersect during a 24-hour period in Los Angeles. Writer-director Quentin Tarantino finds much slick, cynical humor and a twisted code of honor among characters for whom life is cheap and crime is a profitable lark. Much gory violence and positive depictions of drug use, a homosexual rape, fleeting nudity, many racial slurs and much rough language. (O) (R) ( 1994 )
The Last Boy Scout: “If you touch me again, I’ll kill you”
Last Boy Scout, The – A former Secret Service agent (Bruce Willis) and a drug-addicted ex-football player (Damon Wayans) constantly court death while atempting to stop the assassination of a corrupt Senator. Director Tony Scott’s sleazy bloodbath is an affront to human sensibilities disguised as slick action entertainment. Excessive violence, incessant rough language and brief nudity. (O) (R) ( 1991 )
True Lies: The kiss framed by a nuclear detonation.
True Lies – Overblown action fantasy in which a U.S. superspy (Arnold Schwarzenegger) finds his tranquil domestic life suddenly shattered when his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), then daughter (Eliza Dusku), are taken hostage by a gang of fanatical terrorists armed with nuclear weapons. Director James Cameron throttles the picture’s mix of comedy and suspense by overplaying every scene to the point of tedium, including all the special-effects violence and unsavory sexual situations. Excessive violence, snickering treatment of sex and occasional rough language. (O) (R) ( 1994 )
Film review for other morally objectionable “best scene” films to follow.
A-I – general patronage;
A-II – adults and adolescents;
A-III – adults;
L – limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling.
A-IV* – DISCONTINUED RATING. Originally adults, with reservations (an A-IV classification designates problematic films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, require caution and some analysis and explanation as a safeguard against wrong interpretations and false conclusions);
O – morally offensive.
- Archived movies rated A-IV should now be considered as if rated L.
Pulp Fiction – Ultraviolent tale of vicious killers and assorted lowlifes (notably John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer) whose paths murderously intersect during a 24-hour period in Los Angeles. Writer-director Quentin Tarantino finds much slick, cynical humor and a twisted code of honor among characters for whom life is cheap and crime is a profitable lark. Much gory violence and positive depictions of drug use, a homosexual rape, fleeting nudity, many racial slurs and much rough language. (O) (R) ( 1994 )
The Last Boy Scout: “If you touch me again, I’ll kill you”
Last Boy Scout, The – A former Secret Service agent (Bruce Willis) and a drug-addicted ex-football player (Damon Wayans) constantly court death while atempting to stop the assassination of a corrupt Senator. Director Tony Scott’s sleazy bloodbath is an affront to human sensibilities disguised as slick action entertainment. Excessive violence, incessant rough language and brief nudity. (O) (R) ( 1991 )
True Lies: The kiss framed by a nuclear detonation.
True Lies – Overblown action fantasy in which a U.S. superspy (Arnold Schwarzenegger) finds his tranquil domestic life suddenly shattered when his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), then daughter (Eliza Dusku), are taken hostage by a gang of fanatical terrorists armed with nuclear weapons. Director James Cameron throttles the picture’s mix of comedy and suspense by overplaying every scene to the point of tedium, including all the special-effects violence and unsavory sexual situations. Excessive violence, snickering treatment of sex and occasional rough language. (O) (R) ( 1994 )
Film review for other morally objectionable “best scene” films to follow.
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John_Kearns
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More morally objectionable “best scene” films:
stigmata:when she recieves the full stigmata and starts floating.
Stigmata – Dizzy horror hokum about a priest-scientist (Gabriel Bryne) sent by the Vatican to investigate reports of stigmata-like wounds on the wrists of a Pittsburgh woman (Patricia Arquette), then turns to protecting her from demonic forces as well as the psychotic Cardinal (Jonathan Pryce) behind a Vatican plot to suppress a supposed “lost Gospel” that would render the institutional Church irrevelant. Director Rupert Wainwright keeps the bogus plot boiling with sexual innuendo as the priest is drawn to the young woman, scary interludes of demonic special effects and a hokey conspiracy plot that a misleading epilogue suggests is truth rather than fiction. Exploitative use of religion with an anti-Catholic flavor, frequent violence involving the stigmata and demonic attacks, a shadowy sexual encounter, occasional profanity and rough language. (O) (R) ( 1999 )
The omen: how the anti christ at the end didnt really die
Omen, The – The American ambassador to Great Britain (Gregory Peck) finds himself the foster father of the anti-Christ in director Richard Donner’s slick, expensively mounted but essentially trashy horror show. Though it refers to scripture and religious beliefs, its only interest in religion is in terms of its exploitation potential. Some intense violence. (O) (R) ( 1976 )
freddy vs jason: at the end when jason is walking off with freddys head then freddy winks.
Dreadful slasher flick pitting “Nightmare on Elm Street’s” Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) against Jason (Ken Kirzinger), the hockey-masked killing machine of “Friday the 13th.” Buckets of blood flow in this mindless exercise in gory excess, directed by Ronny Yu, which alarmingly exploits carnage as entertainment. Pervasive graphic violence, teen sexual encounters with nudity, recurring drug abuse, as well as much rough language and profanity. O – morally offensive. (R) 2003
Scarface: Say hello to my little friend!
Scarface – Repellent remake of Howard Hawk’s 1932 gangster classic is set in present day Miami where a Cuban immigrant and hardened criminal (Al Pacino) makes it in no time from the bottom rung to the top in the drug rackets. Director Brian De Palma’s ugly, turgid, foul-mouthed and violent movie owes little to the original and is classic only in the sense of its crude self-indulgence. Perversely excessive violence. (O) (X/R appeal) ( 1983 )
Training day: too many to mention.
Training Day – Raw drama in which an L.A. rookie cop (Ethan Hawke) has one day to prove he’s got the right stuff to be part of an undercover drugbusting team only to discover its leader (Denzel Washington) is as corrupt and as murderous as any of the drug dealers. Director Antoine Fuqua turns a story of moral choices into a bloated action film where violence is a poor substitute for substance. Excessive gory violence, racial stereotyping, gratuitous full nudity, constant rough language and brief profanity. (O) – morally offensive. (R) ( 2001 )
stigmata:when she recieves the full stigmata and starts floating.
Stigmata – Dizzy horror hokum about a priest-scientist (Gabriel Bryne) sent by the Vatican to investigate reports of stigmata-like wounds on the wrists of a Pittsburgh woman (Patricia Arquette), then turns to protecting her from demonic forces as well as the psychotic Cardinal (Jonathan Pryce) behind a Vatican plot to suppress a supposed “lost Gospel” that would render the institutional Church irrevelant. Director Rupert Wainwright keeps the bogus plot boiling with sexual innuendo as the priest is drawn to the young woman, scary interludes of demonic special effects and a hokey conspiracy plot that a misleading epilogue suggests is truth rather than fiction. Exploitative use of religion with an anti-Catholic flavor, frequent violence involving the stigmata and demonic attacks, a shadowy sexual encounter, occasional profanity and rough language. (O) (R) ( 1999 )
The omen: how the anti christ at the end didnt really die
Omen, The – The American ambassador to Great Britain (Gregory Peck) finds himself the foster father of the anti-Christ in director Richard Donner’s slick, expensively mounted but essentially trashy horror show. Though it refers to scripture and religious beliefs, its only interest in religion is in terms of its exploitation potential. Some intense violence. (O) (R) ( 1976 )
freddy vs jason: at the end when jason is walking off with freddys head then freddy winks.
Dreadful slasher flick pitting “Nightmare on Elm Street’s” Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) against Jason (Ken Kirzinger), the hockey-masked killing machine of “Friday the 13th.” Buckets of blood flow in this mindless exercise in gory excess, directed by Ronny Yu, which alarmingly exploits carnage as entertainment. Pervasive graphic violence, teen sexual encounters with nudity, recurring drug abuse, as well as much rough language and profanity. O – morally offensive. (R) 2003
Scarface: Say hello to my little friend!
Scarface – Repellent remake of Howard Hawk’s 1932 gangster classic is set in present day Miami where a Cuban immigrant and hardened criminal (Al Pacino) makes it in no time from the bottom rung to the top in the drug rackets. Director Brian De Palma’s ugly, turgid, foul-mouthed and violent movie owes little to the original and is classic only in the sense of its crude self-indulgence. Perversely excessive violence. (O) (X/R appeal) ( 1983 )
Training day: too many to mention.
Training Day – Raw drama in which an L.A. rookie cop (Ethan Hawke) has one day to prove he’s got the right stuff to be part of an undercover drugbusting team only to discover its leader (Denzel Washington) is as corrupt and as murderous as any of the drug dealers. Director Antoine Fuqua turns a story of moral choices into a bloated action film where violence is a poor substitute for substance. Excessive gory violence, racial stereotyping, gratuitous full nudity, constant rough language and brief profanity. (O) – morally offensive. (R) ( 2001 )
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John_Kearns
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More “best scenes” form morally objectionable films:
Animal House: Toga, toga, toga
National Lampoon’s Animal House – After being expelled from college, the members of a rowdy fraternity get revenge on the school’s administration and a rival fraternity by disrupting the homecoming parade. Directed by John Landis, the mindless, unfunny exercise in grossness tries to pass itself off as an anti-establishment comedy, despite reserving some of its most tasteless jibes for blacks and women. Exploitive sex and nudity. (O) (R) ( 1978 )
Kill Bill: The restaurant fight scene.
Ultraviolent tale about a female former assassin (Uma Thurman) gunned down and left for dead on her wedding day, who wakes up from a four-year coma revved up to exact revenge on her would-be killers – the same hit squad which had previously employed her services. Buckets of blood flow in this first installment of Quentin Tarantino’s mayhem-mired two-part opus, a film which, despite its slick pulp-noir veneer, is fueled by a sadistic killing-is-cool mentality that packages gratuitous gore as entertainment. Excessive graphic violence, twisted sexual references, as well as much rough and crude language and profanity. O – morally offensive. (R) 2003
Animal House: Toga, toga, toga
National Lampoon’s Animal House – After being expelled from college, the members of a rowdy fraternity get revenge on the school’s administration and a rival fraternity by disrupting the homecoming parade. Directed by John Landis, the mindless, unfunny exercise in grossness tries to pass itself off as an anti-establishment comedy, despite reserving some of its most tasteless jibes for blacks and women. Exploitive sex and nudity. (O) (R) ( 1978 )
Kill Bill: The restaurant fight scene.
Ultraviolent tale about a female former assassin (Uma Thurman) gunned down and left for dead on her wedding day, who wakes up from a four-year coma revved up to exact revenge on her would-be killers – the same hit squad which had previously employed her services. Buckets of blood flow in this first installment of Quentin Tarantino’s mayhem-mired two-part opus, a film which, despite its slick pulp-noir veneer, is fueled by a sadistic killing-is-cool mentality that packages gratuitous gore as entertainment. Excessive graphic violence, twisted sexual references, as well as much rough and crude language and profanity. O – morally offensive. (R) 2003
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John_Kearns
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More “best scenes” from morally objectionable movies:
Con-Air: [The plane takes off, towing a sports car behind it] “On any other day, that would seem strange.”
Con Air – Because of excessive violence and glamorized mayhem, frequent rough language and an instance of profanity, (O) – morally offensive. (R) – restricted. In Con Air, a gang of hardened prisoners (led by John Malkovich) seizes control of their federal transport plane, but a parolee onboard (played by Nicolas Cage) secretly works to undermine their efforts to escape the country. The frantic action movie is a shameless stitching together of brawn and brutality and murder and mayhem, offering only empty excitement. June 1997
Con-Air: [The plane takes off, towing a sports car behind it] “On any other day, that would seem strange.”
Con Air – Because of excessive violence and glamorized mayhem, frequent rough language and an instance of profanity, (O) – morally offensive. (R) – restricted. In Con Air, a gang of hardened prisoners (led by John Malkovich) seizes control of their federal transport plane, but a parolee onboard (played by Nicolas Cage) secretly works to undermine their efforts to escape the country. The frantic action movie is a shameless stitching together of brawn and brutality and murder and mayhem, offering only empty excitement. June 1997
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tee_eff_em
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John Kearns:
Because we should be Catholic in all we do, I cannot help but point out that “O” does **not **mean: “Catholics may not view nor appreciate this film”.
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You are mostly right, except for your slip at the end – “O” does indeed stand for “morally offensive”, not “objectionable”. (That is but a slight nuance, however)
Because we should be Catholic in all we do, I cannot help but point out that “O” does **not **mean: “Catholics may not view nor appreciate this film”.
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John_Kearns
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I believe we are supposed to avoid sin, and the near occasion of sin. To purposely view a film that is morally offensive certainly qualifies as, at least, an instance of the near occassion. Or, so I would think. I suspect my views are a great deal more rigid than your own.
My point in posting these reviews, and the additional ones that will probably follow - I’ve only read through post 30 - is not to criticize you or any of the other posters. It is, instead, to warn other readers that a number of these movies are best not watched. However, I won’t be so disingenuos as to say that I didn’t understand that there is implicit criticism in these posts. I guess it’s a case of “hate the sin, love the sinner”.
I think we, Catholics, and other Christians of all types, have had a far too lax attitude regarding sin for far too long. I know I long held the same attitude. But, my kids are starting to grow up, and I realize I won’t allow them to watch “Prime-time” television, because it’s become such a moral sewer. So, it’s time to speak out.
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