"I am talking sense to you here," Oscar insisted, his voice rising to an angry buzz. "I am not ranting . I possess a perspective here that you people, who are locked in the ivory basements of your own subcultures, simply do not possess. It is no use my soft-pedaling the truth to you. You are in a crisis. This is a crux. You have both severed your lifelines to the rest of society. You need to overcome your stupid prejudice, and unite as a powerful coalition. And if you could only do this, the world would be yours!"