Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 25, 2019

“Vengeance is mine,” said Rat.

Got any other ideas, Father Gus?

You can’t spell “wrath” without “rat”.

Didn’t Matthew say that if you punch somebody, they should turn the other cheek?

Something like that…

. . . or you may join the most egregious offenders (all members of Congress and occupants of the White House) at the new “Peace Internment Facility” located in Idiotville, Oregon.

I’m sorry, Rat, punching people in the face is a poor path to peace. Now, they’ll shoot you.

An eye for an eye now, forgiveness later.

That’s right, Rat. Forgiving is for losers.

Punch em in the face? Oh no, Rat. You can’t do that! For your style is with a baseball bat!

Gotta say, the older I get the less forgiving I find myself to be. I thought it would work the other way.

Some people just need a good punch in the face.

What about those Rat has wronged due they get to punch Rat back ? Where does the line start ? …… Croc Power !

What’s Rat’s pencil tucked behind?

“A priest and a rat walk into a bar…”

“To err is human, to forgive is divine, to extract cruel revenge is SO SATISFYING!!”

RAT is hopeless….he doesn’t have a clue..lol

The bat, please. Smite them mightly.

It brings closure.

“Judge not, that you may not be judged. For with whatever judgment you judge, you shall be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, it shall be measured to you again.” Matthew VII; 1-2 (KJV). Of course, that does not extend to Democrats, people with less than six-figure incomes, women, gays, persons of color, the poor, the stranger, or anyone stupid enough to quote “Judge not. . . .” /s

Always good to have a backup plan.

Five finger death punch?

Listen to some Dick Dale, Rat.

How about a nice Hawaiian Punch?

When i find myself becoming angry with the world, i simply turn off the news…

Forgiveness is next to Godliness. Or, was that cleanliness?

I know a number of people who have the mindset of Rat

Vengeance is mine, saith the Rat.

no he said you have to wipe it of or he can punch you twice

I wonder how many of the commenters (and people in general) who endorse violence are veterans who truly understand violence? Someone once said that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. He was not entirely accurate. It’s the first.

One of the few joys of middle-management was that I would remember these at my subordinate’s annual review.

I’ll try to forgive, but I cannot forget.Willy Nelson, the Red Headed Stranger Album.

Fr. Gus should have a beer, or at least vodka, dealing with Rat!!

I was taught to check the context, like the whole Gospel of Matthew. Otherwise it is taking things “out of context” Example: “do unto others before they do unto you.”

What exactly is father Gus wearing? If that’s supposed to be an alb, priests don’t wear those outside of the celebration of mass.

See, what Christ did was make an effort to break the cycle of violent pay-back that’s the heritage of all middle-eastern societies. It took a new religion to do it because the only way people make seriously life-changing decisions is via “religious” conversion. And, I do believe it worked.

Of course, he didn’t fix greed and power-hunger… and in fact his disciples started yet another organization that gives the greedy and the power-hungry a place to feed their flaws.

Rat subscribes to the “if it feels good…” school of morality. Sorry, Father Gus, but I think Rat is a lost cause for you….

I forgive and then I write their name on the list.

I don’t think rat understands the concept of forgiveness.

Which order has white cassocks?