The Parallax View - Exploring Talents and Antisocial Tendencies
Jack Younger:
Your tests suggest that you have remarkable talents.
Joseph Frady:
Yeah? What do you mean by "talents"?
Jack Younger:
You have difficulty holding on to a job, don't you?
Joseph Frady:
I don't know, I just don't like to take a lot of shit, so people say I got antisocial tendencies.
Jack Younger:
Right! Now, tell me, has it ever crossed your mind that maybe it's everybody else's problem that they don't get along with you?
Joseph Frady:
Why?
Jack Younger:
Because, you see, the very quality that gets you in trouble is what makes you potentially invaluable.
Joseph Frady:
What's that?
Jack Younger:
Your aggressiveness.
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The Parallax View - Identity and Uncertainty in Conversation
Jack Younger:
Just one more thing.
Joseph Frady:
What's that?
Jack Younger:
Who are you?
Joseph Frady: [taken aback]
Who am I?
Jack Younger:
You're not Richard Paley. Your service records don't check.
Joseph Frady:
They don't?
Jack Younger:
There was a Richard Paley in the 1st Air Cavalry, but among other things, he's dead.
Joseph Frady:
Gee, I'm sorry to hear that.
Jack Younger:
So were we. So... who are you really?
Joseph Frady: [getting defensive]
Look, I don't need to tell you anything. You're not a cop.
Jack Younger:
I wouldn't walk out that door if I were you.
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