My son, my son will be a victim just as these men are victims of somebody else's war
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Daniel Grudge:
[they are looking at piles of coffins draped in flags]
We didn't belong in that one either. Make the world safe for democracy - did they? Ghost of Christmas Past:
That's what they were told. They sure as hell gave it a try. Daniel Grudge:
Look, they change the hats, they update the slogans but it's the same old shell-game. Like clockwork. Every twenty years, somebody rings a fire-bell ten thousand miles away and out come's Uncle Sam's expeditionary sucker brigade. Ghost of Christmas Past:
Is that what they are? Suckers? Is that what your son's gonna be? Daniel Grudge:
My son, my son will be a victim just as these men are victims of somebody else's war
[they are looking at piles of coffins draped in flags]
We didn't belong in that one either. Make the world safe for democracy - did they? Ghost of Christmas Past:
That's what they were told. They sure as hell gave it a try. Daniel Grudge:
Look, they change the hats, they update the slogans but it's the same old shell-game. Like clockwork. Every twenty years, somebody rings a fire-bell ten thousand miles away and out come's Uncle Sam's expeditionary sucker brigade. Ghost of Christmas Past:
Is that what they are? Suckers? Is that what your son's gonna be? Daniel Grudge:
My son, my son will be a victim just as these men are victims of somebody else's war
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We didn't belong
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in that one either
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Chuckles
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Made the world safe for democracy did they
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That's what they were told
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Scoffs
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They sure as hell
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gave it a try
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Look they change the hats
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they update the slogans
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but it's the same old shell game
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Like clockwork
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Every 20 years somebody rings
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a fire bell 10 000 miles away
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and out comes Uncle Sam's
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expeditionary sucker brigade
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Is that what they are
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Suckers
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Is that what your son's gonna be
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My so
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My son
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My son will be a victim
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just as these men are our victims
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of somebody else's war
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Movie Summary
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
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Daniel Grudge
Ghost Of Christmas Past
