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The Fruit Machine

And no, she couldn't because shewas never told what it's about, and you're never againto...

And no, she couldn't because she
was never told what it's about, and you're never again
to probe and to ask - you're just to obey
and to follow the rules. And being a person who followed
the rules for the most part, that's what I did

Full Transcript

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And no, she couldn't because she was never told what it's about,
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and you're never again to probe and to ask -
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you're just to obey and to follow the rules.
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And being a person who followed the rules for the most part,
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that's what I did.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:03
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
SandBay Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Some softened by age and sadness, others loud and angry, the voices of the survivors of Canada’s public service homosexual purge are now united, and determined. They are torqued by decades of silence, years of being ignored. They demand justice, and they want to be heard. Theirs is a story of betrayal that is both national and deeply personal. Men and women who dedicated their lives to public service, some signing oaths of allegiance and servitude; casualties of a political tapestry woven in the fibers of acute security measures that somehow became normalized.
I went to headquarters that particular morning. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
I went to headquarters that particular morning.
- And they said "You have many friends - The Fruit Machine 00:22
- And they said "You have many friends
I'm only a clerk." - The Fruit Machine 00:14
I'm only a clerk."
But it was just slightly big enough to have a little table - The Fruit Machine 00:08
But it was just slightly big enough to have a little table
And... [Laughter] - The Fruit Machine 00:11
And... [Laughter]
- Then they said, "We just want you to look at - The Fruit Machine 00:13
- Then they said, "We just want you to look at
The first book they turned, - The Fruit Machine 00:12
The first book they turned,
- And he began right off the bat - The Fruit Machine 00:04
- And he began right off the bat
It was just a clear-cut statement: - The Fruit Machine 00:11
It was just a clear-cut statement:
But I was very surprised at the level of detail - The Fruit Machine 00:05
But I was very surprised at the level of detail
He wanted to know about my personal life, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
He wanted to know about my personal life,
- After I left there, I was kind of shaking, you know, - The Fruit Machine 00:24
- After I left there, I was kind of shaking, you know,
even if a person wasn't going to be militant in any way, - The Fruit Machine 00:19
even if a person wasn't going to be militant in any way...
- So, it seems like this purge just developed a life - The Fruit Machine 00:09
- So, it seems like this purge just developed a life
I mean my understanding is they had a whole floor - The Fruit Machine 00:33
I mean my understanding is they had a whole floor
- They had this one program where they would - The Fruit Machine 00:17
- They had this one program where they would
And they put dots - they figure - - The Fruit Machine 00:30
And they put dots - they figure -
- National Defence, - The Fruit Machine 00:05
- National Defence,
[Laughter] - The Fruit Machine 00:14
[Laughter]
Public servants and non-public servants - The Fruit Machine 00:06
Public servants and non-public servants