Correct. To get information
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Langston Whitfield:
Why do you think Apartheid was necessary? Col. de Jager:
It was simple mathematics. Four million of us, Thirty million of them. When you're under constant attack from terrorists, the normal rules of the road don't apply. You have to do what you have to do. Langston Whitfield:
Including torture. Col. de Jager:
Correct. To get information
Why do you think Apartheid was necessary? Col. de Jager:
It was simple mathematics. Four million of us, Thirty million of them. When you're under constant attack from terrorists, the normal rules of the road don't apply. You have to do what you have to do. Langston Whitfield:
Including torture. Col. de Jager:
Correct. To get information
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Why do you think apartheid was necessary?
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Just simple mathematics.
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Four million of us,
13 million of them.
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When you're under
constant attack from terrorists,
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the normal rules no longer apply.
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You have to do what you have to do.
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- Including torture.
- Correct. To get information.
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That's why we started
the training facility
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for askares out there
in the hemadulus.
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Do you know what an askare is?
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Uh, yes, I do.
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When you captured a guerrilla...
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Terrorist.
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You beat the shit out of them
until they betrayed their comrades.
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- Then they had nowhere else to go.
- Yeah, they'd change sides,
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and they made the best killers for us.
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Why?
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They'd sell their souls.
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Betrayal. When you despise yourself,
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it makes it much easier to despise others. You must know that.
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Imagine, Langston. Imagine if your people hadn't been taken across the sea.
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Imagine if you'd stayed in Africa.
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What would you have become?
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Movie Summary
A journalist and a poetess meet during the hearings of South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Actors
Langston Whitfield
Col. De Jager
