IT'S MY HOBBY

[Music] uh you got room for another three-man basketball sure come on you know go around save the world [Laughter] i don't know about that you don't watch cartoons on sunday oh no what do you do you sleep in or something here bum i gotta get some out of the car you put your books in the trunk hey man what are you doing nothing man i was just looking at your uh collection of pills what are you doing with so many it's my hobby i collect pills no really what are you doing with them nothing i don't really feel like playing basketball you want to come over yeah yeah sure you know if i don't get that transmission fixed another week i think the thing's going to fall out why don't you fix it yourself i don't know how that's a good reason really scott what's with the pills she's making a little spending money that's all are you dealing i hate to use that word i prefer to call it my hobby you a buyer hey i got some off the good reds oh no man i'm not into pills teach his own you know that stuff can really wipe you out well i don't touch this stuff myself yeah but you're selling it look man i don't force people to buy from me they didn't buy for me they'd buy from somebody else right so there's no reason in the world why i shouldn't make the bread is there who do you sell to i don't know anybody you'd be surprised how many pill heads there are in school in our class yeah and a lot younger too you sell to them too i sell to anybody who's got the money that's really heavy scott forget about it man it doesn't concern you it does now why because i know about it well forget about it will you okay sure hey hey how's it going not bad what's the chip dude oh not too much how'd you do on that test oh she asked about ten questions of one in the book no she always does that you're gonna get something to eat yeah sure come on you mean if i knew some guy was stealing when i turn him in yeah no i don't think so why should i he's not doing anything to me but anyway i don't want to get anyone in trouble man and that's real trouble but yeah but he's screwing up a lot of people yeah it's not my responsibility it isn't no i've got enough to worry about just taking care of me well suppose you saw a strange guy you know hanging around a playground would you report him or wouldn't that be a responsibility either oh no that's different why because that guy's forcing his trip on other people i mean dig a dealer only sells to people who want to buy why are you so hung up under this anyway what you gonna do i don't know i don't know what to do well be cool whatever you do be cool [Applause] i don't know i don't think you can bust him why because you can't he's your friend and i know this is as simple as that i think you should just forget it great and i think of all those stupid kids in junior high downing those pills it really screws me up well then bust him but don't expect people to like you for it what do you mean well people don't like a guy who would bust a friend oh this is different oh is it but he's stealing the kids and you're busting a friend well if i don't do anything and just let him deal oh hell i don't know hey what's happening you got a minute sure why so serious uh it's about that stuff i saw in the back of your car oh ed i told you to forget about that i know it's just that i feel you you shouldn't be doing it man it's wrong i know you sound just like my mother hey i'm not fooling around scott i'm asking you to quit dealing well you are and if i don't what are you gonna do about it you're gonna bust me that would be just great i get kicked out of school maybe even thrown in jail what are you some kind of boy scout a scot hell what you're doing is wrong man it's really wrong listen to you you're unbelievable just stay out of what doesn't concern you you know what i mean you're really something you're gonna quit dealing sure as soon as i sell what i have in the car no i mean no no man i'm not what are you gonna do about it huh you gonna bust me there are a number of ways that you could look at this film before you talk about them though we'd like for you to know something about the film a film about social responsibility it's not a term people use very often in everyday conversation as we see it ed is caught in a dilemma social responsibility or what he owes to the society he lives in demands that ed somehow stops scott from dealing to kids but personal loyalty what he owes to a friend demands that he do nothing if ed turns in scott he loses a friend maybe he loses other friends too when barbara says people don't like a guy who would bust a friend you get the feeling she might not like such a guy but if ed follows scott's advice and simply forgets what he has seen well suppose later ed learns that some kid scott has sold pills to is oh deed he gets a lot of pressure from his friends scott lays it on hard and heavy bobby and then barbara seem to have no trouble deciding where ed's responsibility lies and the kind of pressure they put on him is very hard to resist but put yourself in ed's place what would you do suppose you found out that scott was selling pills to your 12 year old brother what would you do then would that change your responsibility one evening a few years ago a young woman was assaulted and pursued down a new york street repeatedly stabbed and finally killed throughout her ordeal which lasted nearly an hour she repeatedly called for help more than a dozen nearby residents heard her cries but nobody even summoned the police until it was too late now what reasons might people have in a situation like that for not trying to help have you ever witnessed something involving strangers and thought maybe you should get involved did you get into it what made you decide one way or the other now some argue that only a very few of us recognize an obligation to people beyond our immediate circle of family friends and associates in other words that very few of us have a strong sense of social responsibility do you agree you