Unfortunately for the above premise, the people who are able to defend themselves are the ones that survive to carry on the next generation of survivors. Look around for a bit and think….
“Look around and think”, indeed. That’s why I write the stories– to suggest that very course, and to engage in it myself. Examining the role of violence in a society, its practicality, the costs– social and spiritual, its ultimate effectiveness, and/or lack thereof, coping with it, romanticizing it, demonizing it… all of that, was one of the reasons I created this strip in the first place. The arguments on all sides are, it seems to me, powerful, immediate and subtle. Pretty rich material to explore. I hope to keep it coming, and to tell a few ripping yarns along the way.
Unfortunately for the above premise, the people who are able to defend themselves are the ones that survive to carry on the next generation of survivors. Look around for a bit and think….
“Look around and think”, indeed. That’s why I write the stories– to suggest that very course, and to engage in it myself. Examining the role of violence in a society, its practicality, the costs– social and spiritual, its ultimate effectiveness, and/or lack thereof, coping with it, romanticizing it, demonizing it… all of that, was one of the reasons I created this strip in the first place. The arguments on all sides are, it seems to me, powerful, immediate and subtle. Pretty rich material to explore. I hope to keep it coming, and to tell a few ripping yarns along the way.