DEEP SPACE NINE: "Let He ... " - REV. 09/23/96 - ACT TWO      25.

25   CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR
			Am I wrong, or have we just been
			insulted?

					FULLERTON
			Somehow the citizens of the 
			Federation have come to believe 
			that they're entitled to lives of 
			ease and privilege. If you want 
			something to eat, you get it from 
			a replicator. If you want 
			amusement, you go to a holosuite.
			And if you need protection, you 
			call for Starfleet. But someday, 
			someday soon, you're going to have 
			to learn to take care of yourselves.

	Worf nods his agreement.

					FULLERTON
			Because if I see you as helpless 
			children, then how do you think 
			the Borg see you? Or the 
			Romulans? Or the Klingons or the
			Dominion? These empires look at 
			the Federation and they see a
			prize, a prize we've forgotten how 
			to protect. And if we don't 
			change our ways, they're going to 
			take it from us.

	There's a general murmur from the crowd. Some people 
	begin drifting away while others argue about Fullerton's point.

					ARANDIS
			Mister Fullerton certainly has a 
			flair for the dramatic.

					BASHIR
				(to Dax)
			Does he really believe that?

					DAX
			I think he does.

	Fullerton continues to speak.

					FULLERTON
			The way I see it, we've got two 
			options. We can either turn our 
			backs on childish things and re-
			embrace the hard work that built 
			the Federation in the first 
			place...