Did the Celtics win last night?
No, they got crushed.
'Kay, when I say 'Did they win?' you can just say yes or no.
They got pretty well crushed.
“The Women of Qumar” · Season 3
In this episode: C.J. Cregg (3), Josh Lyman (2), Josiah Bartlet (1), Leo McGarry (1), Sam Seaborn (1), Charlie Young (1), Amy Gardner (1), Nancy McNally (1)
You know, if I was living in Qumar, I wouldn't be allowed to say 'Shove it up your ass, Toby,' but since I'm not: Shove it up your ass, Toby!
I just came from seeing Amy Gardner.
Yeah? How'd it go?
I showed her who's boss.
Who'd it turn out to be?
It's still unclear.
A national seat-belt law is never gonna happen.
Why?
What's the most important state in the primaries?
New Hampshire.
What's the most important state in the general?
Michigan.
What's the only state without a mandatory seat-belt law?
New Hampshire.
And where do they make the cars?
Fair enough.
How am I not supposed to call you a hypocrite when you say that the government shouldn't tell women what to do with their bodies?
Exercise some self control, I guess. Prostitution is about the subjugation of women by men for profit.
But the profit goes to the women.
In some cases. But I know of no little girl, and neither do you, who says "I want to be a prostitute when I grow up."
They beat women, Nancy. They hate women. The only reason they keep Qumari women alive is to make more Qumari men.
So what do you want me to do about it?
How about instead of suggesting that we sell the guns to them, suggesting that we shoot the guns at them? And by the way, not to change the subject, but how are we supposed to have any moral credibility when we talk about gun control and making sure that guns don't get in the hands of the wrong people? God, Nancy! What the hell are we defining as the right people?
This is the real world, and we can't isolate our enemies.
I know about the real world, and I'm not suggesting we isolate them.
You're suggesting we eliminate them.
I have a briefing.
You're suggesting that...
I'm not suggesting anything. I don't suggest foreign policy around here.
You are right now.
It's the twenty-first century, Nancy. The world's gotten smaller. I don't know how we can tolerate this kind of suffering anymore, particularly when all it does is continue the cycle of anti-American hatred. But that's not the point, either.
What's the point?
The point is that apartheid was an Easthampton clambake compared to what we laughingly refer to as the life these women lead. And if we had sold M1-A1s to South Africa fifteen years ago, you'd have set the building on fire. Thank God we never needed to refuel in Johannesburg!
[nods] It's a big world, C.J. And everybody has guns, and I'm doing the best I can.
[in tears] They're beating the women, Nancy!
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