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99Percent · 06-10-2002, 11:37 AM

The local newspaper here in Mexico (The News), runs a Calvin & Hobbes strip rerun. Curiously yesterday's strip was this one:

<a href="http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ch/1991/ch910609.gif" target="_blank">http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ch/1991/ch910609.gif</a>

Viti · 06-10-2002, 12:19 PM

LOL, I love Calvin and Hobbes. Seems a bit controversial for a comic strip...but I appreciate the point of natural consequences.

Laurentius · 06-10-2002, 01:09 PM

AVE

I've been a "Calvin 'n' Hobbes" fan since their first comic strip my eyes fell on.

As for the content of the strip pointed at here, I remember how a forum member kept emhasizing that there's no connection between onthology and ethics. Now, if the world is made in such a way that there are repercusions and retribution, isn't one's behavior going to be affected in any way? Of course it is.

AVE

seebs · 06-10-2002, 03:31 PM

I hadn't read that one before, thanks for posting the link. I love that one; in my opinion, it highlights the silliness of demanding to be "told" what is or isn't moral; you have the facilities to figure it out, in most cases.

Pseudonymph · 06-10-2002, 04:58 PM

My favorite line from any calvin and hobbes comic will always be this:

Sometimes I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there, is that none of it has tried to contact us...

Beautiful... <img src="graemlins/notworthy.gif" border="0" alt="[Not Worthy]" />

bonduca · 06-10-2002, 06:46 PM

This is why you should not look to some invisible being for answers. You should just remember that if Susie catches you, she's gonna whup your ass.

case · 06-16-2002, 08:28 PM

Ah...I wonder how many impressionalbe youth learned their morality from the wonderous Calvin and Hobbes? I know I did. I love this strip, and was heartbroken when Waterston decided to discontinue it. Now, if you'll all excuse me, I have to go run naked through the house, and then go terrorize the neighbor girl. Hobbes!

Orestes · 06-17-2002, 11:42 AM

There's no doubt Calvin and Hobbes had more of an effect on my development then I would like to admit

. I've been reading those strips since around the 2nd or 3rd grade.

ishalon · 07-05-2002, 04:45 PM

it would be hilarious if they replaced the universe moral idea with God.....

ksagnostic · 07-06-2002, 08:20 AM

It's a pity that such a wonderful strip has been reduced to "that kid who pisses on Ford/Chevy emblems".

06-10-2002, 11:37 AM	#1
99Percent Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: my mind Posts: 5,996	Sunday's Calvin & Hobbes strip The local newspaper here in Mexico (The News), runs a Calvin & Hobbes strip rerun. Curiously yesterday's strip was this one: <a href="http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ch/1991/ch910609.gif" target="_blank">http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ch/1991/ch910609.gif</a>

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06-10-2002, 12:19 PM	#2
Viti Contributor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Down South Posts: 12,879	LOL, I love Calvin and Hobbes. Seems a bit controversial for a comic strip...but I appreciate the point of natural consequences.

06-10-2002, 01:09 PM	#3
Laurentius Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Lucky Bucky, Oz Posts: 5,645	AVE I've been a "Calvin 'n' Hobbes" fan since their first comic strip my eyes fell on. As for the content of the strip pointed at here, I remember how a forum member kept emhasizing that there's no connection between onthology and ethics. Now, if the world is made in such a way that there are repercusions and retribution, isn't one's behavior going to be affected in any way? Of course it is. AVE

06-10-2002, 03:31 PM	#4
seebs Contributor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 24,524	I hadn't read that one before, thanks for posting the link. I love that one; in my opinion, it highlights the silliness of demanding to be "told" what is or isn't moral; you have the facilities to figure it out, in most cases.

06-10-2002, 04:58 PM	#5
Pseudonymph Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 813	My favorite line from any calvin and hobbes comic will always be this: Sometimes I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there, is that none of it has tried to contact us... Beautiful... <img src="graemlins/notworthy.gif" border="0" alt="[Not Worthy]" />

06-10-2002, 06:46 PM	#6
bonduca Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: . Posts: 1,653	This is why you should not look to some invisible being for answers. You should just remember that if Susie catches you, she's gonna whup your ass.

06-16-2002, 08:28 PM	#7
case Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 420	Ah...I wonder how many impressionalbe youth learned their morality from the wonderous Calvin and Hobbes? I know I did. I love this strip, and was heartbroken when Waterston decided to discontinue it. Now, if you'll all excuse me, I have to go run naked through the house, and then go terrorize the neighbor girl. Hobbes!

06-17-2002, 11:42 AM	#8
Orestes Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California Posts: 349	There's no doubt Calvin and Hobbes had more of an effect on my development then I would like to admit . I've been reading those strips since around the 2nd or 3rd grade.

07-05-2002, 04:45 PM	#9
ishalon Regular Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: From: Posts: 203	it would be hilarious if they replaced the universe moral idea with God.....

07-06-2002, 08:20 AM	#10
ksagnostic Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Wichita, KS, USA Posts: 2,514	It's a pity that such a wonderful strip has been reduced to "that kid who pisses on Ford/Chevy emblems".

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