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14 thoughts on “Live by the sword…

  1. Cool cartoon. I do need to continue to wage some major freaking chemical warfare violence against microbes (species with as much claim to the environment as our own), but against ourselves and other “macro-species”- not so much….

    1. talentlessquitter on September 28, 2010 - Reply

      Heyheey,not one but TWO Slayer songtitle-references here!

  2. Vicarious

  3. This is right on the money! Physical exertion can fill part of the void that modern tedium has scooped out of our lives, but the element of physical danger is crucial to elevate our experience to the highest plane. That’s why I think I was obsessed with piercings and tattoos in my youth, we need to have challenges with serious consequences, like pain, to give our minds a problem worth solving. Skating, to me, is a meditation on the human experience as a whole, but I’m a strange bird indeed.

  4. keep it strange cri-crow….

  5. p.s. Carl Sagan also nailed this pretty well with an essay called “Monday Night Hunters”…

  6. Kids are violent because they ride bicycles on stuff that was made for 55mm wheels. After awhile of cruising around at half speed doing nothing, something’s gotta give.

  7. JakeAndAnnoy on September 27, 2010 - Reply

    Children are violent because Man is violent. Man is violent because Animals are violent and we are all Animals.

  8. Gnarles Copinghagen on September 27, 2010 - Reply

    Doing my best to keep the animal tired.

  9. JakeAndAnnoy on September 27, 2010 - Reply

    I spank the monkey, and flog the dolphin, and punch the kitty. Keeps me tired.

  10. I prefer beating dead horses and punching donkeys.

  11. JakeAndAnnoy on September 27, 2010 - Reply

    ….. walking the cow……

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