Fundamentals of Opposition

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One of my favourite scenes in DS9

Garak:
Why is it no one ever believes me, even when I'm telling the truth?
Dr. Bashir:
Have you ever heard the story about the boy who cried wolf?
Garak:
No.
Dr. Bashir:
It's a children's story. About a young shepherd boy who gets lonely while tending his flock, so he cries out to the villagers that a wolf is attacking the sheep. The people come running, but of course there's no wolf. He claims that it's run away and the villagers praise him for his vigilance
Garak:
Clever lad, charming story.
Dr. Bashir:
I'm not finished. The next day the boy does it again and the next too. And on the fourth day a wolf really comes, the boy cries out at the top of his lungs, but the villagers ignore him and the boy and his flock are gobbled up.
Garak:
Well that's a little graphic for children, wouldn't you say?
Dr. Bashir:
The point is; if you lie all the time, nobody's going to believe you even when you're telling the truth.
Garak:
Are you sure that's the point, Doctor?
Dr. Bashir:
Of course, what else could it be?
Garak:
That you should never tell the same lie twice.

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jgem87: NUMBER 65: Episode 1.05 The Broca Divide, Jack and Teal’c’s conversation after Jack has been cured. O’NEILL (mimicking Ricky Ricardo) Lucy, I’m home. TEAL’C I am not Lucy. O’NEILL I know that. It was a reference to an old TV—never mind, open the door! TEAL’C I will summon the doctor. O’NEILL No, no, c’mon I’m fine, back to being myself. Just open up. TEAL’C I cannot be certain you are back to being yourself. You referred to me as “Lucy.” O’NEILL Oh for crying out loud, will you just open the door?

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NUMBER 65: Episode 1.05 The Broca Divide, Jack and Teal’c’s conversation after Jack has been cured.

O’NEILL
(mimicking Ricky Ricardo)
Lucy, I’m home.
TEAL’C
I am not Lucy.
O’NEILL
I know that. It was a reference to an old TV—never mind, open the door!
TEAL’C
I will summon the doctor.
O’NEILL
No, no, c’mon I’m fine, back to being myself. Just open up.
TEAL’C
I cannot be certain you are back to being yourself. You referred to me as “Lucy.”
O’NEILL
Oh for crying out loud, will you just open the door?

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