ahhh... the Life of Brian...

"People called Romans they go the house?"

will

Angel Stewart wrote:

> FRANCIS: Yeah. I think Judith's point of view is very valid, Reg,
> provided the Movement never forgets that it is the inalienable right of
> every man--
>
> STAN: Or woman.
>
> FRANCIS: Or woman... to rid himself--
>
> STAN: Or herself.
>
> FRANCIS: Or herself.
>
> REG: Agreed.
>
> FRANCIS: Thank you, brother.
>
> STAN: Or sister.
>
> FRANCIS: Or sister. Where was I?
>
> REG: I think you'd finished.
>
> FRANCIS: Oh. Right.
>
> REG: Furthermore, it is the birthright of every man--
>
> STAN: Or woman.
>
> REG: Why don't you shut up about women, Stan. You're putting us off.
>
> STAN: Women have a perfect right to play a part in our movement, Reg.
>
> FRANCIS: Why are you always on about women, Stan?
>
> STAN: I want to be one.
>
> REG: What?
>
> STAN: I want to be a woman. From now on, I want you all to call me
> 'Loretta'.
>
> REG: What?!
>
> LORETTA: It's my right as a man.
>
> JUDITH: Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?
>
> LORETTA: I want to have babies.
>
> REG: You want to have babies?!
>
> LORETTA: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them.
>
> REG: But... you can't have babies.
>
> LORETTA: Don't you oppress me.
>
> REG: I'm not oppressing you, Stan. You haven't got a womb! Where's the
> foetus going to gestate?! You going to keep it in a box?!
>
> LORETTA: [crying]
>
> JUDITH: Here! I-- I've got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can't
> actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody's fault, not
> even the Romans', but that he can have the right to have babies.
>
> FRANCIS: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right
> to have babies, brother. Sister. Sorry.
>
> REG: What's the point?
>
> FRANCIS: What?
>
> REG: What's the point of fighting for his right to have babies when he
> can't have babies?!
>
> FRANCIS: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
>
> REG: Symbolic of his struggle against reality.
>
>
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