Quotes
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Ted Kaczynski : [voiceover] I want you to think about the mail for a minute. Stop taking it for granted like some complacent, sleepwalking sheep and really think about it. I promise you, you will find the U.S. mail a worthy object of your contemplation. A piece of paper can cross a continent like we're passing notes in class. I can send you cookies from the opposite side of the world, and all I have to do is write your name on the box, put some stamps on it, and drop it in. And, you see, it only works because every single person along the chain acts like a mindless automaton. I write an address, and they just... obey. No question. No deviation. No pause to contemplate eternity, or beauty, or death. Even you, for all your protestations of free will, if a box comes with your name on it, you can't even imagine doing anything other than obey.
Mailman : Morning.
Gil's Secretary : Hey.
Mailman : [handing her a package] Here you go.
Gil's Secretary : Thank you.
Mailman : Thank you.
Ted Kaczynski : [v.o] Well, it's not your fault. Society made you this way.
Gil's Secretary : [entering her boss' office] Hey, Gil?
Ted Kaczynski : [v.o.; as he talks, Gil opens the package] But you're a sheep, and you're living in a world of sheep. And because you're all sheep, because all you can do is obey, I can reach out and touch anyone anywhere. I can reach out and touch you... right now.
[explosion]
