2012-03-03
Original: 2012-03-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: Dad, why do people fight wars?
Panel 2:
Dad: Well, usually there are two sides and they have different ideas. Then the people fight over the ideas until one side can't fight any more.
Panel 3:
Child: Well, that doesn't seem fair. Ideas live forever. People can die.
Panel 4:
Child: Shouldn't the ideas be fighting over the people?
Panel 5:
Dad: That's called peace.
Votey:
Dad (looking stunned): Oh snap!
Child: Dad, why do people fight wars?
Panel 2:
Dad: Well, usually there are two sides and they have different ideas. Then the people fight over the ideas until one side can't fight any more.
Panel 3:
Child: Well, that doesn't seem fair. Ideas live forever. People can die.
Panel 4:
Child: Shouldn't the ideas be fighting over the people?
Panel 5:
Dad: That's called peace.
Votey:
Dad (looking stunned): Oh snap!
Alt text
A five-panel comic of a small red-haired child and her bald, mustachioed, bespectacled father. Panel 1: The child asks, "Dad, why do people fight wars?" Panel 2: The dad answers, "Well, usually there are two sides and they have different ideas. Then the people fight over the ideas until one side can't fight any more." Panel 3: The child, looking thoughtful, says, "Well, that doesn't seem fair. Ideas live forever. People can die." Panel 4: She continues, "Shouldn't the ideas be fighting over the people?" Panel 5: The dad replies, "That's called peace." Votey: A black-and-white close-up of the dad's face, slack-jawed and wide-eyed, as a speech bubble exclaims, "Oh snap!" — reacting to the profundity of his own answer (or his daughter's reframing).
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.