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  • You know what I'm going to do in as much as I can't punish Mr. Havemeyer, Mr. Potter, or Mr. Jamieson, and I won't punish Mr. Willis.

  • He's the only party to this incident who is still worthy of calling himself a bared man.

  • I'm going to recommend to the disciplinary committee that you be expelled, Mr. Sims.

  • You are a cover-up artist and you are a liar.

  • But not a snitch!

  • Excuse me?

  • No, I don't think I will.

  • Mr. Slade.

  • This is such a crock of shit!

  • Please watch your language, Mr. Slade.

  • You are in the bared school, not a barracks.

  • Mr. Sims, I will give you one final opportunity to speak up.

  • Mr. Sims doesn't want it.

  • He doesn't need to be labeled still worthy of being a bared man.

  • What the hell is that?

  • What is your motto here?

  • Boys, inform on your classmates, save your hide.

  • Anything short of that, we're going to burn you at the stake?

  • Well, gentlemen, when the shit hits the fan, some guys run and some guys stay.

  • Here's Charlie facing the fire and there's George hiding in Big Daddy's pocket.

  • And what are you doing?

  • You're going to reward George and destroy Charlie.

  • Are you finished, Mr. Slade?

  • No, I'm just getting warmed up.

  • I don't know who went to this place.

  • William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bride, William Tell, whoever.

  • Their spirit is dead if they ever had one.

  • It's gone.

  • You're building a rat ship here.

  • A vessel for seagoing snitches.

  • And if you think you're preparing these minnows for manhood, you better think again.

  • Because I say you are killing the very spirit this institution proclaims it instills.

  • What a sham.

  • What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?

  • I mean, the only class in this act is sitting next to me.

  • And I'm here to tell you, this boy's soul is intact.

  • It's non-negotiable.

  • You know how I know?

  • Someone here, and I'm not going to say who, offered to buy it.

  • Only Charlie here wasn't selling.

  • Sir, you're out of order.

  • I show you out of order.

  • You don't know what out of order is, Mr. Trask.

  • I'd show you, but I'm too old.

  • I'm too tired.

  • I'm too fucking blind.

  • If I were the man I was five years ago, I'd take a flamethrower to this place.

  • Out of order.

  • Who the hell do you think you're talking to?

  • I've been around, you know.

  • There was a time I could see.

  • And I have seen boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out, their legs ripped off.

  • But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit.

  • There is no prosthetic for that.

  • You think you're merely sending this splendid foot soldier back home to Argonne with his tail between his legs.

  • But I say you are executing his soul.

  • And why?

  • Because he's not a bad man.

  • Bad man.

  • You hurt this boy, you're gonna be bad bums.

  • The lot of you.

  • And Harry, Jimmy, Trent, wherever you are out there, fuck you too.

  • Stand down, Mr. Slade.

  • I'm not finished.

  • As I came in here, I heard those words, cradle of leadership.

  • Well, when the bow breaks, the cradle will fall.

  • And it has fallen here.

  • It has fallen.

  • Make as a man, create as a leaders.

  • Be careful what kind of leaders you're producing here.

  • I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is right or wrong.

  • I'm not a judge or jury.

  • But I can tell you this.

  • He won't sell anybody out to buy his future.

  • And that, my friends, is called integrity.

  • That's called courage.

  • Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.

  • Now, I have come to the crossroads in my life.

  • I always knew what the right path was.

  • Without exception, I knew.

  • But I never took it.

  • You know why?

  • It was too damn hard.

  • Now, here's Charlie.

  • He's come to the crossroads.

  • He has chosen a path.

  • It's the right path.

  • It's a path made of principle that leads to character.

  • Let him continue on his journey.

  • You hold this boy's future in your hands, committee.

  • It's a valuable future.

  • Believe me.

  • Don't destroy it.

  • Protect it.

  • Embrace it.

  • It's gonna make you proud one day.

  • I promise you.

  • How's that for Paul Doyle?

  • Nothing could shut him up, sir.

  • The disciplinary committee will take this matter under advisement in closed session.

  • What are they doing, Charlie?

  • I think they're gonna come out to see.

  • Well.

  • Apparently, that meeting will be unnecessary.

  • Mrs. Hunziker.

  • The Joint Student Faculty Disciplinary Committee needs no further sessions.

  • They have come to a decision.

  • Mrs. Havemeyer, Potter, and Jameson are placed on probation for suspicion of ungentlemanly conduct.

  • It is further recommended that Mr. George Willis, Jr. receive neither recognition nor commendation for his cooperation.

  • Mr. Charles Sims is excused from any further response to this incident.

You know what I'm going to do in as much as I can't punish Mr. Havemeyer, Mr. Potter, or Mr. Jamieson, and I won't punish Mr. Willis.

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