DEEP SPACE: "Past Tense, Pt. I" - REV. 10/20/94 - ACT ONE     15.


16   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			A Sanctuary District.

	Bashir looks questioningly at Sisko.  The term means nothing 
	to him.

					BASHIR
			I'm afraid twenty-first century 
			history isn't one of my strong suits.  
			Too depressing.

					SISKO
			It's always been a hobby of mine.  
			They made some ugly mistakes, but 
			they also paved the way for a lot of 
			the things we take for granted.

					BASHIR
			I assume this was one of the mistakes.

					SISKO
			A bad one.  By the early twenty-
			twenties there was a place like this 
			in every major city in the United 
			States.

					BASHIR
			But why are these people in here?  
			Are they criminals?

					SISKO
			No.  People with criminal records 
			weren't allowed in the Sanctuary 
			Districts.

					BASHIR
			Then what did they do to deserve 
			this?

					SISKO
			Nothing.  They're just people.  People 
			without jobs or places to live.

					BASHIR
				(shocked)
			So they get put in here?

					SISKO
			Welcome to the twenty-first century.