"But you must see I can"t be involved in anything like that. I"d like to stop this madness as much as anyone. But I"m a businessman. I depend on customers who may not share my views."
"We"re talking life and death, Jack! We"re talking annihilation! I think that"s bigger than customers."
"But customers are my bread and butter! CND is growing, but it"s still very small. The majority of people have no imagination. They can"t think for themselves. I see all that. But I can"t allow an ideal, however noble and however right it might be, to drive customers away. I owe it to my dad, if nothing else. He built the business from nothing."
They were silent for several minutes. Eventually he felt he had to say something.
"Look, Jan, we live in a democracy."
"Do we?" She cut in sharply.
"Yes we do
