Correct! Then why don't they do it?
5 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:13:18 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Aw, Mom, I'm almost full as it is.
- Bobby.
- I'm sorry, Mrs. Crockett. Please go on reading.
- 'Obviously we must track down this monster and destroy him... before he destroys us.'
- Correct! Then why don't they do it?
- This space man or whatever he is. We automatically assume he's a menace. Maybe he isn't after all.
- Well, then, where is he? What's he up to?
- Well, after all, he was shot the minute he landed here.
- I just was wondering what I'd do.
- Perhaps before deciding upon a course of action, you'd want to know more about the people here.
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