[Penn discusses the 2001 Patriot Act.]
The lawmakers didn't even read the law before they passed it. Assholes! All that protects us from their evil is their incompetence.
S3 E7Big Brother
[Penn discusses the 2001 Patriot Act.]
PPenn (voiceover)
We can get more federal agents. Wow. What do we have to give in return?
[cut to penn and teller]
We have to give the government more power, but what power? The patriot act is "an act to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes". Other purposes? What the fuck is that all about? Other purposes. You shouldn't even allow that kind of loose language in a fucking gym membership contract.
S3 E9Gun Control
You can't stop an insane person from doing insane things by passing insane laws.
You see maybe Mr. Smug can call the police against a gang banger, but who does he call against the police?
S3 E10Ghostbusters
[Penn tells a campfire ghost-story version of the Texas ghost investigators' hotel experience.]
And then, the pseudo-scientists dressed in leather stumbled clumsily around the well-lit bedroom. One of them said, the night before, she felt a presence. And the other two… believed her! A battery… went dead. And then the video screen got… got a little weird for a few seconds. They took lots and lots of pictures, and weeks later, when they were developed, a couple of them had lens flare, and they didn't remember fucking up the pictures! And then, the electromagnetic gizmo, that they hadn't calibrated at all… (Dramatic voice) WENT FROM "3" TO "7"! (Teller faints)
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