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On the other side of the mountain lies a vast terrorist network, or possibly communists. Whatever the case, they have an army of flying monkies commanded by the Easter Bunny. They hate you for your awesomeness, and they live on hatred.
To Matt: It’s not really a waste when you think about it. Being as they are a floating rock with life on it, I’m guessing they have no enemies, outside of the ones they create. It’s despotism 101: the best way to unite a people is against something else. And as far as the economy is concerned, the best thing to create is arms, they are expensive, short shelf life, and can only be used once. What terrifies me are the natural resources required to make them. Is that why they’re on a rock? have they mined away anything else that could be useful?
i know this is really irrelevant
but the gravitational attraction of that rock would be funny
the ppl seem to be fine so
i would guess its gravitational acceleration would be 9.8 m/s just like here
so the shell would go right round it and hit the buildings =P
haha
=D just a silly little thing hehehe
Bango, if the acceleration due to gravity is the same on that rock as on the earth, that means that the shell will fall at the same speed as it would on earth. So, no, it wouldn’t go around and hit the buildings behind them.
pretty clever yeah. shows the uselessness of declaring war on a TACTICAL STRATEGY i.e. terrorism, something which has never, ever been done before in military history.
terrorists have been around for thousands of years - terrorism is the strategy of attacking innocents to achieve political ends. people accepted it and mostly did not allow it to affect their lives. but when the USA was attacked they decided to declare war on this tactic.
Think of it this way: Without some sense of purpose, that isolated city would lose all hope and decay. Is it better to live a lie than know the truth and despair?
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September 10th, 2007 at 11:13 am
War is peace, right?
September 13th, 2007 at 12:35 am
Wow. I need to stop and think about my life now. I’ll read the rest of these comics later.
September 19th, 2007 at 3:55 am
It’s like that game, Ys 2.
October 15th, 2007 at 4:51 am
One way to fight an economic depression….Seems a waste of ammo though.
And cardboard.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:29 am
I like your take of that segment from “Memories”
You really did it justice!
January 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
On the other side of the mountain lies a vast terrorist network, or possibly communists. Whatever the case, they have an army of flying monkies commanded by the Easter Bunny. They hate you for your awesomeness, and they live on hatred.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:36 am
The real reason nobody’s ever found Laputa.
April 6th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I believe the lack of an explosion when the shell impacts something would kind of ruin this deception.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
To Matt: It’s not really a waste when you think about it. Being as they are a floating rock with life on it, I’m guessing they have no enemies, outside of the ones they create. It’s despotism 101: the best way to unite a people is against something else. And as far as the economy is concerned, the best thing to create is arms, they are expensive, short shelf life, and can only be used once. What terrifies me are the natural resources required to make them. Is that why they’re on a rock? have they mined away anything else that could be useful?
April 18th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Or… you know. It could just be a complex metaphor.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:49 am
i know this is really irrelevant
but the gravitational attraction of that rock would be funny
the ppl seem to be fine so
i would guess its gravitational acceleration would be 9.8 m/s just like here
so the shell would go right round it and hit the buildings =P
haha
=D just a silly little thing hehehe
anyway
loved it
very clever
May 29th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Bango, if the acceleration due to gravity is the same on that rock as on the earth, that means that the shell will fall at the same speed as it would on earth. So, no, it wouldn’t go around and hit the buildings behind them.
But yes, the comic is quite clever.
June 1st, 2008 at 9:54 am
pretty clever yeah. shows the uselessness of declaring war on a TACTICAL STRATEGY i.e. terrorism, something which has never, ever been done before in military history.
terrorists have been around for thousands of years - terrorism is the strategy of attacking innocents to achieve political ends. people accepted it and mostly did not allow it to affect their lives. but when the USA was attacked they decided to declare war on this tactic.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I suppose it’s really saying that human only feel safe when they’re defending themselves, except for the ones who can be sure of safety.
August 10th, 2008 at 2:06 am
poignant
August 18th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Think of it this way: Without some sense of purpose, that isolated city would lose all hope and decay. Is it better to live a lie than know the truth and despair?