extracto de A Few Good Men, 1992. Columbia Pictures.
Kaffee: Colonel Jessep, did you order the Code Red?!
Judge: You don't have to answer that question!
Jessep: I'll answer the question. You want answers?
Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.
Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee: I want the truth!
Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives! You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall! You need me on that wall! We use words like Honor, Code, Loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline! I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said "Thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!
Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?
Jessep: I did the job that—
Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?
Jessep: You're goddamn right I did!
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtumNAY
Judge: You don't have to answer that question!
Jessep: I'll answer the question. You want answers?
Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.
Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee: I want the truth!
Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives! You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall! You need me on that wall! We use words like Honor, Code, Loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline! I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said "Thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!
Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?
Jessep: I did the job that—
Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?
Jessep: You're goddamn right I did!
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtumNAY
Desde que salió la nota sobre la intención de llevar a Ratzinger a un juicio cuando visite Londres, no he dejado de pensar en esta escena, de mis favoritas por cierto.
Así, igualito puedo imaginarme a un Ratzinger sentado en la banca siendo interrogado por un Kaffee, you need me in the Church! you want me in the Vatican!
Y el abogado insistiría. Supo o no supo de los abusos sexuales a cientos de menores en diversos países del mundo y ordenó callarlos?
Ratzinger respondería: You´re goddamn right I did!
Porque creo que Ratzinger como Jessep es un arrogante que cree que cubriendo delitos protege algo más grande, Jessep, la seguridad de los Estados Unidos, Ratzinger, la moralidad del mundo. Y ambos caen en la contradicción básica que derrumba los cimientos sobre los que su autoridad está construida:
En la peli-- el ejército está para cuidar y pone en peligro a los suyos.
En la vida real-- la iglesia sirve para guiar y permite la desviación de los suyos.
Y por cierto Ratzinger. We want the truth, we are entitled to it, and yes, we can handle it.
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