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The Fruit Machine

I'm happy for them, becauseI would love to be them. Be happy. Be who you are and be happy...

I'm happy for them, because
I would love to be them. Be happy. Be who you are and be happy and
think that people in the past, maybe didn't have it so easy. But if it helped to bring it
ok now, it's good too. - 59 years old and I'd go back. Well, now I'm too old, they don't want me. [Laughter] - I was there
to defend my country

Full Transcript

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I'm happy for them, because I would love to be them.
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Be happy.
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Be who you are and be happy and think that people in the past,
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maybe didn't have it so easy.
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But if it helped to bring it ok now, it's good too.
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- 59 years old and I'd go back.
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Well, now I'm too old,
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they don't want me. [Laughter]
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- I was there to defend my country.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:19
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.
They knock at the door today and ask me if I would go and join, - The Fruit Machine 00:11
They knock at the door today and ask me if I would go and jo...
- The other question was, if after all of this, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
- The other question was, if after all of this,
I would, absolutely. On a dime. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
I would, absolutely. On a dime.
No questions asked. With everything I know now. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
No questions asked. With everything I know now.
With my experience. Yes. Yeah. - The Fruit Machine 00:08
With my experience. Yes. Yeah.
I miss it, I still miss it, I will always miss it. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
I miss it, I still miss it, I will always miss it.
- Well, if I had to do it all over again, I would. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
- Well, if I had to do it all over again, I would.
And somebody said to me "You're getting old though, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
And somebody said to me "You're getting old though...
Like, so much as happened and so much is going to come. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
Like, so much as happened and so much is going to come.
- So these were the initial questions - The Fruit Machine 00:20
- So these were the initial questions
Cause I'm looking at that and it wouldn't determine that - The Fruit Machine 00:04
Cause I'm looking at that and it wouldn't determin...
"I like adventure stories better than romantic stories?" - The Fruit Machine 00:07
"I like adventure stories better than romantic stories?...
"The thought of being in an automobile accident - The Fruit Machine 00:10
"The thought of being in an automobile accident
[Laughter] - The Fruit Machine 00:09
[Laughter]
"I am inclined to take things hard?" - The Fruit Machine 00:09
"I am inclined to take things hard?"