8 "Which will only get you killed in the end,
9 a"Believe me.
CHAPTER 101 "Now I ask you,
2 "Wouldn't everything be a lot easier,
3 "If you just went back to doing what you were doing before,
4 "And left writing to the bprofessional writers,
5 "And left thinking to the cprofessional thinkers,
6 "And left drug territories to the dprofessional drug dealers?
7 "None of this is worth dying for,
8 "None of it,
9 "And you can't deny that you'd have a lot more fun just having sex,
10 "And hanging out,
11 "And doing drugs,
12 e"And not worrying about things that are much bigger than you could ever hope to understand,
13 "Even if you were any good at writing or thinking or anything else,
14 "Which you're fnot.
15 "So, what do you say?"
CHAPTER 111 And the punks answered Wayne, saying, "Do you really believe what you're telling us,
2 "Believe it so much that you feel it in your gut like a living thing?"
3 And Wayne replied, "Absolutely."
4 gThereupon the punks said, "Then you would be willing to die for this belief, wouldn't you?"
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5 And Wayne argued with the punks, saying, h"I have already told you that no belief is worth dying for,
6 "And I have the courage of my convictions,
7 i"Which is why I have no intention of dying for my belief."
8 Then the punks answered Wayne with ire, saying, "We are willing to die for our beliefs,
9 "As we have already done in great numbers,
10 "And therefore we have no respect for you and your beliefs,
11 "Which is why we will give you a choice:
12 "Either you prove the power of your beliefs by declaring yourself willing to die for them,
13 "Or we shall kill you like a rat in the street for the insults you have heaped on us.
14 "You have one minute to decide."
CHAPTER 121 Then Wayne thought mightily for a full minute,
2 And finally asked a question, as follows:
3 "If I declare that I am willing to die for my beliefs, will you then acknowledge the truth of what I have told you?
4 "For certainly I care about you all very much, on behalf of jyour friend down south,
5 "And it is possible that I might be induced to kcompromise my philosophical principles as you seem to demand,
6 "Provided that I could be sure you would place credence in my most basic precept,
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