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everyone then should be behind that issue and strive for change. the first thing is identify. and then to demonstrate. and then to do actions. and maybe, you know, im old and im thinking how the 1960s sought to reform things like war and racism, and they took it to the streets, and they cried out loud, and they demonstrated, chanted, boycotted tax. we have to wake up! were in a slumber because life is fat in the united states. and were willing to surrender constitutional rights for our...

right direction. [applause] >> john? last word. >> ok. im not going to say anything about social justice. i have a thought for you. go out and rent the movie "to kill a mockingbird." it is a really, really good movie. and its a really sophisticated movie. you know, the script, you know, you cant get any better. the producer, the performances are wonderful. every bit of that movie -- when you look at it, try to look, you know, into the actual scenes what theyre doing. its fascinating. i...

shoulder. with no lack of respect. wall street lawyers are serving capitalistic corporations who have taken our democracy in hostage. you served one dinosaur fighting another dinosaur for the last firms. that is shifting money, you know, from one capitalistic entity to another. so if you think that works, i think its a manifestation of the malfunction of the entire system. [applause] >> why do i think this audience is going to be on his side? [laughing] i actually -- i dont disagree wi...

loud, and they demonstrated, chanted, boycotted tax. we have to wake up! were in a slumber because life is fat in the united states. and were willing to surrender constitutional rights for our own, you know, image of self-protection. and terrorism abounds. and isnt the police force, you know, wonderful to protect us? thats all era. and what we have to do is point at what is wrong and seek in every fashion or address it within the circle of your own ability to communicate. [applause] >>...

the malfunction of the entire system. [applause] >> why do i think this audience is going to be on his side? [laughing] i actually -- i dont disagree with what youre saying. but im saying, from a functional standpoint it works. i mean, wall street law firms work. they do great work. they do the best practice of law that is done in the country. and if you dont believe that, youre just wrong. [laughing] >> no. the death penalty, appellate lawyers do the best work in the country. their ob...

itself to sleep. and we can all do something about that. i wrote this book because i wanted tonys dissident voice to be heard. i wanted the art that i did of him showing his passion and his aliveness to be seen. i thought the two of them together gave a bigger picture than just one alone. and were all capable of in some way voicing our passion, voicing our lust for the injustices that we are all subject to. and we are all subject to the law. and, therefore, its important to get this te...

>> my book is called "lust for justice" and the word lust imply a certain passion. i think that what is missing over the decades as i have lived is exactly what tony is saying. the dissident voice has become either silent or is yawning itself to sleep. and we can all do something about that. i wrote this book because i wanted tonys dissident voice to be heard. i wanted the art that i did of him showing his passion and his aliveness to be seen. i thought the two of them together gave a ...

system. [applause] >> why do i think this audience is going to be on his side? [laughing] i actually -- i dont disagree with what youre saying. but im saying, from a functional standpoint it works. i mean, wall street law firms work. they do great work. they do the best practice of law that is done in the country. and if you dont believe that, youre just wrong. [laughing] >> no. the death penalty, appellate lawyers do the best work in the country. their objective is valid. and their in...

and we can all do something about that. i wrote this book because i wanted tonys dissident voice to be heard. i wanted the art that i did of him showing his passion and his aliveness to be seen. i thought the two of them together gave a bigger picture than just one alone. and were all capable of in some way voicing our passion, voicing our lust for the injustices that we are all subject to. and we are all subject to the law. and, therefore, its important to get this terrible imbalance ...

be heard. i wanted the art that i did of him showing his passion and his aliveness to be seen. i thought the two of them together gave a bigger picture than just one alone. and were all capable of in some way voicing our passion, voicing our lust for the injustices that we are all subject to. and we are all subject to the law. and, therefore, its important to get this terrible imbalance at least started pointing in the right direction. [applause] >> john? last word. >> ok. im not going...