DEEP SPACE: "Past Tense, Pt. I" - REV. 11/01/94 - ACT THREE    35.

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					BASHIR
			Every building we go to, it's the 
			same story.  They can't all be full.

					SISKO
			Don't be so sure.  One of the main 
			complaints against the Sanctuary 
			Districts was overcrowding.  It got 
			to the point where they didn't care 
			how many people were in here.  They 
			just wanted to keep them out of sight.

	Bashir and Sisko walk by a dim, who is sitting on a curb, 
	gently rocking back and forth.  Bashir glances at the dim 
	and shakes his head.

					BASHIR
			And once they were out of sight, 
			what then?
				(re: the Dim)
			Look at him.  There's no need for 
			that man to live like that.  With 
			the right medication, he could lead 
			a full and normal life.

					SISKO
			Maybe in our time...

					BASHIR
			Not just in our time.  There were 
			any number of effective treatments 
			for schizophrenia, even in this day 
			and age.  They could cure that man 
			now... today... if they gave a damn.

					SISKO
			It's not that they don't give a damn, 
			Doctor.  It's that they've given up.  
			The social problems facing them seem 
			too enormous to deal with.

					BASHIR
			That only makes it worse.  Causing 
			people to suffer because you hate 
			them is terrible... but causing them 
			to suffer because you've forgotten 
			how to care... that's even harder to 
			understand.