2011-12-05
Original: 2011-12-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: MOM, IS JUSTICE AN INTRINSIC QUALITY OF THE UNIVERSE, OR IS IT AN ARBITRARY SET OF RULES CREATED TO BENEFIT WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE?
(The mother sits reading a book, wearing glasses.)
Panel 2:
Mother (still reading): THE FIRST ONE.
Panel 3:
Child: WHY?
Panel 4:
Mother (lowering her book, scowling): BECAUSE I SAY SO!
Votey:
Mother (eyes closed, looking weary): DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO!
Child: MOM, IS JUSTICE AN INTRINSIC QUALITY OF THE UNIVERSE, OR IS IT AN ARBITRARY SET OF RULES CREATED TO BENEFIT WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE?
(The mother sits reading a book, wearing glasses.)
Panel 2:
Mother (still reading): THE FIRST ONE.
Panel 3:
Child: WHY?
Panel 4:
Mother (lowering her book, scowling): BECAUSE I SAY SO!
Votey:
Mother (eyes closed, looking weary): DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO!
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A small child asks his mother, who sits reading a book in glasses, "Mom, is justice an intrinsic quality of the universe, or is it an arbitrary set of rules created to benefit whoever's in charge?" Panel 2: Still reading, she answers flatly, "The first one." Panel 3: The child asks, "Why?" Panel 4: The mother lowers her book, scowling, and snaps, "Because I say so!" — contradicting her own claim that justice isn't just rules imposed by whoever's in charge. Votey (a rough black-and-white bonus panel): The tired-looking mother adds, eyes closed, "Do as I say, not as I said a minute ago!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.