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In sudden fury, McCarthy slammed his fist onto the table. "Do you see
the Supreme Court in here with us? Do you? Because if you do, show me those
black-robed faggots and I'll boot their pope-loving asses straight out the
window." He settled back in his chair. "I don't think you appreciate the
seriousness of your situation, Dr. Grant."
"What situation?" she demanded. "I am a medical researcher--"
"And you've developed a new drug, haven't you?" McCarthy snapped. "A
new drug. That you want to loose on the public. I wonder if the person who
invented heroin called herself a medical researcher too?"
"Mr. McCarthy, trisulphozymase is not a narcotic. It is a carefully
developed pharmaceutical--"
"Which encourages miscegenation between Papists and the Redeemed,"
McCarthy finished. "That's what it does, doesn't it, doctor?"
"No!" She took a deep breath. '"Trisulphozymase combats certain medical
problems that occur when an SA-positive father and an SA-negative mother--"
"When a Papist man sires his filthy whelp on a Redeemed woman,"
McCarthy interrupted. "When a Papist fucks one of the Saved! That's what you
want to encourage, doctor? That's how you'll make the world a better place?"
Julia said nothing. She felt her cheeks burn like a child caught in
some forbidden act; and she was infuriated that her reaction was guilt
rather than outrage at what McCarthy was saying.
Yes, she wanted to say, it will make the world a better place to stop
separating humanity into hostile camps. Most people on the planet had no
comprehension of either Papist or Redeemed theology; but somehow, the
poisonous idea of blood discrimination had spread to every country of the
globe, regardless of religious faith. Insanity! And millions recognized it
to be so. Yet the McCarthys of the world found it a convenient ladder on
which they could climb to power, and who was stopping them? Look at Germany.
Look at Ireland. Look at India and Pakistan.
Ridiculous... and deadly, time and again throughout history. Perhaps
she should set aside SA compatibility and work on a cure for the drive to
demonize those who were different.
"A doctor deals with lives, not lifestyles," she said stiffly. "If I
were confronted with a patient whose heart had stopped beating, I would
attempt to start it again, whether the victim were an innocent child, a
convicted murderer, or even a senator." She leaned forward. "Has anyone here
ever seen an SA incompatibility reaction? How a newborn infant dies? How the
mother goes into spasm and usually dies too? Real people, gentlemen; real
screams of pain! Only a monster could witness such things and still rant
about ideology."
A few Committee members had the grace to look uncomfortable, turning
away from her gaze; but McCarthy was not one of them. "You think this is all
just ideology, doctor? A lofty discussion of philosophical doctrine?" He
shook his head in unconvincing sorrow. "I wish it were... I truly wish it
were. I wish the Papists weren't trying to rip down everything this country
stands for, obeying the orders of their foreign masters to corrupt the
spirit of liberty itself. Why should I care about a screaming woman, when
she's whored herself to the likes of them? She made her decision; now she
has to face the consequences. No one in this room invented SA
incompatibility, doctor. God did... and I think we should take the hint,