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Marshall Cuso:
Uh, hello. Yes, my question is, when will this company stop the destruction it's causing not just to indigenous communities --

Rick Kruger:
Okay, okay.

Marshall Cuso:
Excuse me, I-I have the floor.

Rick Kruger:
Alright, alright. As we said...

Marshall Cuso:
--In the Peruvian highlands, to rare local plants...

Rick Kruger:
Yeah, yeah. We have a whole system.

Marshall Cuso:
...to fungi, to an entire ecosystem --

Rick Kruger:
Can someone get security, please? I'm sorry.

Marshall Cuso:
No, we don't need security.

Rick Kruger:
Security, please.

Marshall Cuso:
[stammering] Excuse me--

Rick Kruger:
Look, buddy, we're not doing this, okay?

Marshall Cuso:
Hold on, hold on. Let me finish. This company, *your* company, has destroyed fungal colonies that were there three million years. This is a banisteriopsis. [laughs] Does that mean anything to you? It's been here since before insects.

[one of security guards touches Marshall]

Marshall Cuso:
Hey! Don't touch me. Do not touch me. Don't touch the plant.

Rick Kruger:
Thank you, thank you. I-I'm sorry, everybody.

[Marshall leaves]

Marshall Cuso:
I'm exercising my rights! My name is Marshall Cuso. I am a share holder-- EXCUSE ME! If I disappear, investigate Reutical Pharmaceuticals. They may attempt to harm me. They have harmed me in the past.

Rick Kruger:
Hippie living with his Mom.