That was the intention, as was having Nick being an active member of the military (fully armed) – but in both cases, things didn’t go entirely to plan and they ended up with Project Skin Horse instead…
Given Ginny was involved in both projects, she must be very naive if she doesn’t know the potential military capabilities of her work (or enjoys it so much she intentionally disregards the potential consequences of her projects).
To be fair she is one of the few people who doesn’t only rest on the borderline of sanity and madness… She built a house, watered her lawn, and sits on the porch while everyone keeps jumping the line or falling over to one side.
As she says in panel 4, “I’ve done worse.” She is fully aware of what the projects are for, but is showing all the compassion of Werner Von Braun in the Tom Lehrer tune: “Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down. That’s not my department.”
I dunno – if the judge is flabbergasted at something you consider to be not that big of a deal, it might be a reality check for them.
“You are charged with the very serious crime of jaywalking! What do you have to say for yourself?”
“Jaywalking? I’ve done far worse than that – most people have. Just where do your priorities lie that you think jaywalking is a very serious crime? How out of touch with the world are you?”
I remember studying (driving test) a provision where jaywalking was considered serious: if there is a car coming, and they slam the brakes and/or turn hard to avoid hitting you, and this causes them to slam into another car, then you would be arrested for causing the accident and the charge would be jaywalking
I dunno. If you believe (as I do) that a nation has a moral right to possess a military, then it follows that it has a moral right to arm that military. At that point, there isn’t anything intrinsically immoral about designing military weapons. So while the creation of unity has some theologically questionable aspects, I don’t really see it as immoral. (What she did to Nick, on the other hand, was clearly evil. Retroactive consent doesn’t cut it.)
A country choosing not to have an army doesn’t prove that they believe countries don’t have a right to. Note that basically all of those are protected by another, larger country which does have one.
Damn straight. Abominations of science are a right, not a privilege. Nay sir, they are an imperative! If we don’t graft the head of a dog onto the body of a reanimated dead man, who will? The Russians, that’s who! Commie bastards! Have they no shame? No dignity? That dog had a family! A wife! A twisted, bleeding carapace of flesh and Formica! I was saving that goddamn cornbread for a special occasion, and now it’s all gone! You can’t take it with you, you can’t take it with you, you can’t take it with you. All you need is sonar and nerves of steel. Jet fuel everywhere, and four… no, FIVE lemons. Ha ha! Whoops, there goes Aunt Tilda!
But she’s not arming “the nation”, she’s arming the Sinister Secret Government Which Murders People For Poor Shoe-Lace Tying Skills. There’s a substantial difference.
For some reason I’d imagined Hitty to be much smaller compared to a human.
Disassemble. She couldn’t dissemble to save her life.
LOL and very true! 😀
…or so I sincerely hope.
Moustachio could shout, “Villains! Dis(as)semble no more!”
No disassemble!
She seems to be about the size of his OEM body…
Isn’t Unity a weapon of mass destruction?
That was the intention, as was having Nick being an active member of the military (fully armed) – but in both cases, things didn’t go entirely to plan and they ended up with Project Skin Horse instead…
Given Ginny was involved in both projects, she must be very naive if she doesn’t know the potential military capabilities of her work (or enjoys it so much she intentionally disregards the potential consequences of her projects).
To be fair she is one of the few people who doesn’t only rest on the borderline of sanity and madness… She built a house, watered her lawn, and sits on the porch while everyone keeps jumping the line or falling over to one side.
Now you have me picturing her as Two-Face… I think the pristine side has the glasses glint, though…
As she says in panel 4, “I’ve done worse.” She is fully aware of what the projects are for, but is showing all the compassion of Werner Von Braun in the Tom Lehrer tune: “Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down. That’s not my department.”
No, weapons are generally much easier to control. Even the NRA would have to concede that UNITY kills people.
You have a peculiar definition of “defense”, Dr. Lee.
Well, it’s defense against the accusation that she is insufficiently contrite.
I’ve done worse isn’t much of a defense. It’s not something I would say before a judge.
Dr Lee isn’t good at public speaking or any form of social improv. Most of us could do better than her in this scenario.
It might actually carry some water with Moustachio, who has also done worse (though he may or may not have access to those memories at the moment.)
I dunno – if the judge is flabbergasted at something you consider to be not that big of a deal, it might be a reality check for them.
“You are charged with the very serious crime of jaywalking! What do you have to say for yourself?”
“Jaywalking? I’ve done far worse than that – most people have. Just where do your priorities lie that you think jaywalking is a very serious crime? How out of touch with the world are you?”
I remember studying (driving test) a provision where jaywalking was considered serious: if there is a car coming, and they slam the brakes and/or turn hard to avoid hitting you, and this causes them to slam into another car, then you would be arrested for causing the accident and the charge would be jaywalking
Just the *plans*…
“I’ve done worse” is hardly reassuring.
A man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.
Dr. Lee is apparently just fool enough to disregard this idiom.
I, for one, fully expect a happy ending here.
For who?
In which we are reminded that Dr Lee, while redeemable, is actually a pretty awful person when you think about it.
Redeemable, but how many times? She’ll be besting the aluminium in cans soon.
I dunno. If you believe (as I do) that a nation has a moral right to possess a military, then it follows that it has a moral right to arm that military. At that point, there isn’t anything intrinsically immoral about designing military weapons. So while the creation of unity has some theologically questionable aspects, I don’t really see it as immoral. (What she did to Nick, on the other hand, was clearly evil. Retroactive consent doesn’t cut it.)
Costa Rica (and a few others) disagree
A country choosing not to have an army doesn’t prove that they believe countries don’t have a right to. Note that basically all of those are protected by another, larger country which does have one.
Damn straight. Abominations of science are a right, not a privilege. Nay sir, they are an imperative! If we don’t graft the head of a dog onto the body of a reanimated dead man, who will? The Russians, that’s who! Commie bastards! Have they no shame? No dignity? That dog had a family! A wife! A twisted, bleeding carapace of flesh and Formica! I was saving that goddamn cornbread for a special occasion, and now it’s all gone! You can’t take it with you, you can’t take it with you, you can’t take it with you. All you need is sonar and nerves of steel. Jet fuel everywhere, and four… no, FIVE lemons. Ha ha! Whoops, there goes Aunt Tilda!
Hold on, I gotta take this
But she’s not arming “the nation”, she’s arming the Sinister Secret Government Which Murders People For Poor Shoe-Lace Tying Skills. There’s a substantial difference.
I would vote up BrokenEye if I could vote up. Very seldom do I actually LOL.