Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 03, 1993
June 02, 1993
June 04, 1993
Transcript:
Calvin: Miss Wormwood, could we arrange our seats in a circle and have a little discussion? Specifically, I'd like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it's less wasteful. For some reason, they'd rather teach us stuff that any fool can look up in a book.
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Jemp over 13 years ago
These strips with the “big picture” are genious :D
cocoayoc over 13 years ago
first time being in corner with dunce hat
yow4zip Premium Member over 6 years ago
You’ll have to wait until college.
Moto Moto over 5 years ago
Is that a DUNCE cap
Moto Moto over 5 years ago
Calvin is not.dumb!
Lord Serath Darklands over 4 years ago
The funny thing is, this is actually a real discussion that happens in first-semester law school. Criminal law, to be precise. Not necessarily the wasteful part, but the whether murder for cannibalism as a necessity for survival should be treated more leniently than other methods and causes for murder. The case that’s discussed is R v Dudley and Stephens (which can be found on Wikipedia under that name). What basically happened was that a group of sailors were shipwrecked and adrift for a while, and during this time, in order to survive, they ended up cannibalizing one of their crewmates. It’s an interesting case, if you have any interest in legal precedent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens – This is s a full discussion of the case
https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/criminal-law/criminal-law-keyed-to-kadish/the-justification-of-punishment/regina-v-dudley-and-stephens/ – And here’s a quick breakdown
jdawkins1124 almost 4 years ago
Bill Watterson killed me with this strip. LOL!
koalaperson about 1 year ago
Did they still use dunce caps in 1993?
ethanlens 3 months ago
why is the dunce cap so big?