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A two panel Comic.

First panel is set somewhere in the middle ages in south america. A child is sacrificed on an altar.

The people observing this say: why do we have to kill kids? - it’s not a “killing”, it’s a “sacrifice”. - if we didn’t sacrifice kids the rain god will be mad… - … and the rain may stop falling… - … and our crops would stop growing … - …and we’ll starve to death!

Second panel is modern day street scene, a dead child is lifted into an ambulance, a crushed tricycle left on the road.

The people observing this say: why do we have to kill kids? - it’s not a “killing”, it’s a “car accident”. - if we motorists had to drive slower, it would hurt car sales… - … and the economy would be upset… - … and we’ll all lose our jobs… - …and we’ll starve to death!

I did not see this banger of a comic on here, so have it, please

  • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I feel like people do understand the point but they take it further in order to find a weak point. It’s all in bad faith, of course, and while I do not doubt that stupidity plays a large role it’s become pretty obvious to me that it always comes up when someone is desperate to defend something they are being shown is bad.