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Originally Posted by -Insert Witty SN-
im going to go ahead and imagine these negotiations taking place just like the famous scene in "a few good men"
would you like to be cruise or nicholson ?
Colonel Mayo: You want literature?
Lieutenant (junior grade) Tom Cruise: I think I'm entitled.
Colonel Mayo: You want literature?
Lieutenant (junior grade) Tom Cruise: I want a book!
Colonel Mayo: You can't handle a book! Son, we live on a base that has dorms, and those dorms have to be guarded by men with nothing better to do. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Tech Sergeant Weinburg? I have a lesser responsibility that you could possibly fathom. You weep for literature, and you curse e-ink. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That the printed word's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And the Kindle's existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want a book because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me reading, you need me reading. We use words like wifi, 3G, whispernet. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent learning something. You use them as a punchline. I have plenty of time and the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very knowledge that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I acquire it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a Nook, and read a book. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
Lieutenant (junior grade) Tom Cruise: Did you order the 3G version?
Colonel Mayo: I did the job I...
Lieutenant (junior grade) Tom Cruise: Did you order the 3G version?
Colonel Mayo: You're Goddamn right I did!
Last edited by Emulsion; 03-07-2011 at 03:34 PM.
Reason: Dramatic license taken: I do not, in fact, have the 3G version. Wifi only.