Violet’s talking to the wrong person. Given Tip’s day job is working with and for non-human sapients (i.e. not only his clients but his colleagues and his line manager) he’s hardly likely to form the opinion that they shouldn’t gain power.
Oh, and with the current bunch of fully human sapients lurking the corridors of power, some of the non-human sapients might actually do a better job…
The problem is, of course, that the non-human sapients would have to be elected; those that would do a better job are not any more likely than their human counterparts to actually win the election, at least not against opponents like those to whom mittfh alluded…
Violet is doing an excellent job of illustrating the distinction between mad and crazy. Making “inhumans” is mad. Calling them that on a train full of zombies, mad scientists, and Tip? Crazy.
Especially when you’re locked up in a cell and a pocket nuke is about to go off. I doubt if anyone besides Tip and the rest of Team Anasigma is at all likely to let her out. And I’m not that sure about her teammates.
Of course, if the person calling them inhuman isn’t actually there, it’s not so crazy ^_^
There’s the Senator, all right, but as that whole strip is essentially “flash forwards”, we have no way of knowing (until now! thanks for the info, VB!) whether or not that particular incident has happened yet. Now we know, either Robert Mongorsky is not yet a senator, or not yet half iguana, and therefore not yet carried his wife up a skyscraper ^_^
I always assumed Mongor held Brazilian citizenship and was therefore a Senator in the Senado Federal do Brasil. It really sucks that we’re so far behind other countries when it comes to transgenic rights.
Why would you assume that? Just because he was in Helen Sr.’s lair? I assumed that was why he was half iguana, but I figured she had taken him from the US when she left from Helen Beta’s lair.
Based on Violet’s remarks here, I figured he was either running for Senator now, or at least rising through the ranks.
(scroll over to the right, he’s third from the end)
(TUNE: “Puff The Magic Dragon”, Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow)
Senator Mongorsky
Climbed up the tower …
And made his way, Election Day,
To the corridors of power!
Chair of his committee,
Keeps them on their toes!
On The Hill, he’ll pass his bill
By devouring all his foes!
[CHORUS:]
Oh,
Senator Mongorsky
Lived in a tree …
But now debates and legislates
There in Washington, D.C.! (repeat)
Anasigma’s Violet
Loathed that lizard-man!
She said, “It’s just a crime, I must
Stop him any way I can!
True-blue humans threatened,
Numbered are their days!”
Tip’s reply: “Well, he’s my guy
If he votes for rights for gays!” [repeat CHORUS]
Scary thought. Scarier thought: the download process, if interrupted, would cause a merging of files. Giving rise to an entity with G.O.D.O.T.’s omnicidal mania and Ms. Bee’s patriotic anti-abhuman mania. The result would be something that would not only gain power in the back rooms, but try and eliminate everything, and I mean everything, that isn’t American.
First off, Godzilla is a SHE. Trust me on this one.
And of COURSE she will run as VP. She has to EAT her superior to consolidate her power in the reptile population; it’s a cultural thing. Whether she survives or he does, it’s a win-win for the scaly agenda.
mnem
You’d think I’d have learned after Quetzalcoatl… damn, child support for 267 hatchlings is rough.
Real power doesn’t exist for the half-lizard people? Poppycock!
That’s right. The real power belongs to the fully-lizard reptilian shapeshifters manipulating world events from behind the scenes.
Good thing nobody’s revealed the existence of the Secret Feline Overlords yet then, isn’t it?
Oh, bugger… I just let the cat conspiracy out of the bag…
I’d vote for a half iguana. If I didn’t, the wrong lizard might get in.
Got any gin?
Well then, jynnan tonnyx all around then.
Violet’s talking to the wrong person. Given Tip’s day job is working with and for non-human sapients (i.e. not only his clients but his colleagues and his line manager) he’s hardly likely to form the opinion that they shouldn’t gain power.
Oh, and with the current bunch of fully human sapients lurking the corridors of power, some of the non-human sapients might actually do a better job…
The problem is, of course, that the non-human sapients would have to be elected; those that would do a better job are not any more likely than their human counterparts to actually win the election, at least not against opponents like those to whom mittfh alluded…
Well, we gave non-human sapients a try. Elected an Oompa-Loompa, and he’s actually much worse.
As much as I’d like to disown him from the species, I’m pretty sure that he’s actually a human non-sapient.
@The Other Mike:
How dare you! Oompa-Loompas are hard-working; rarely taking a break to go play golf. And they make clever word-play threats.
@John Campbell:
Wouldn’t a non-sapient by definition not be a member of species Homo Sapiens ?
Violet is doing an excellent job of illustrating the distinction between mad and crazy. Making “inhumans” is mad. Calling them that on a train full of zombies, mad scientists, and Tip? Crazy.
Especially when you’re locked up in a cell and a pocket nuke is about to go off. I doubt if anyone besides Tip and the rest of Team Anasigma is at all likely to let her out. And I’m not that sure about her teammates.
Of course, if the person calling them inhuman isn’t actually there, it’s not so crazy ^_^
Man, what did Tip ever see in her?
Oh right— NOTHING!
I thought there was already Senator Robert Mongorsky http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic/series.php?view=archive&chapter=15096&name=narbonic&mpe=1&fromwhich=2&direction=b
There’s the Senator, all right, but as that whole strip is essentially “flash forwards”, we have no way of knowing (until now! thanks for the info, VB!) whether or not that particular incident has happened yet. Now we know, either Robert Mongorsky is not yet a senator, or not yet half iguana, and therefore not yet carried his wife up a skyscraper ^_^
I’m pretty sure that Mongorsky is already half-iguana. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic/series.php?view=archive&chapter=10246
I always assumed Mongor held Brazilian citizenship and was therefore a Senator in the Senado Federal do Brasil. It really sucks that we’re so far behind other countries when it comes to transgenic rights.
Why would you assume that? Just because he was in Helen Sr.’s lair? I assumed that was why he was half iguana, but I figured she had taken him from the US when she left from Helen Beta’s lair.
Based on Violet’s remarks here, I figured he was either running for Senator now, or at least rising through the ranks.
Of course, Violet is referring to Senator Robert Mongorsky.
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic/series.php?view=archive&chapter=15096&mpe=1&step=1
(scroll over to the right, he’s third from the end)
(TUNE: “Puff The Magic Dragon”, Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow)
Senator Mongorsky
Climbed up the tower …
And made his way, Election Day,
To the corridors of power!
Chair of his committee,
Keeps them on their toes!
On The Hill, he’ll pass his bill
By devouring all his foes!
[CHORUS:]
Oh,
Senator Mongorsky
Lived in a tree …
But now debates and legislates
There in Washington, D.C.!
(repeat)
Anasigma’s Violet
Loathed that lizard-man!
She said, “It’s just a crime, I must
Stop him any way I can!
True-blue humans threatened,
Numbered are their days!”
Tip’s reply: “Well, he’s my guy
If he votes for rights for gays!”
[repeat CHORUS]
Although, for Mongorsky, “equality” means “I will happily eat any of you.”
You say that as if it were a bad thing. Besides; we prefer fish.
mnem
Scaly get no respect.
You speak as if any other politician wouldn’t.
I think GODOT managed to get into Violet… possibly while Ginny was downloading her?
I’ve been thinking that for some time; what better way for an AI to gain mobility than to take over a robot?
Scary thought. Scarier thought: the download process, if interrupted, would cause a merging of files. Giving rise to an entity with G.O.D.O.T.’s omnicidal mania and Ms. Bee’s patriotic anti-abhuman mania. The result would be something that would not only gain power in the back rooms, but try and eliminate everything, and I mean everything, that isn’t American.
Better non-human sapients than non-sapient humans.
Also, to quote Dr. Daniel Jackson “Wrong person to ask.”
You’re talking to a guy who works for a swarm of bees, Violet.
A. Swarm. Of. Bees.
No, I do NOT want a senator who’s half iguana. I want one who’s all iguana. Is Rango running for office?
mnem
I’d vote for that; and Godzilla for VP. Damn skippy.
You think Godzilla would settle for VP?
Dick Cheney did…
First off, Godzilla is a SHE. Trust me on this one.
And of COURSE she will run as VP. She has to EAT her superior to consolidate her power in the reptile population; it’s a cultural thing. Whether she survives or he does, it’s a win-win for the scaly agenda.
mnem
You’d think I’d have learned after Quetzalcoatl… damn, child support for 267 hatchlings is rough.
you’re all just a part of the reptilian conspiracy.
… also, do we have any reason to suppose this is actually Violet’s real motivation?
“Anti-inhuman bigot” is a very strong villain trope, so a better question would be do we have any reason to suppose it’s not her real motivation.
And?
mnem
It’s not like we could possibly be any more Draconian than what’s already in DC…
Ugh, she’s a bigot. There goes any like I had for her.
She’s Fred the bird?? Uh, what does tip care bout marriage equality?
You don’t need to want it for -yourself-, to care about a topic.
Yeah but a tip who acknowledges marriage exists as a concept much less comprehends it and far less cares about it is an unfunny tip.
So Violet Bee’s real identity… is a Republican?
;P I kid, Elephants.
I’d take up to 99% if he supported marriage disestablishment.
At this point, with the way things are going, I’d take a full iguana.