Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 25, 2014
Transcript:
Calvin: "Do you support the free expression of ideas in our society?" Dad: "Sure. That's first on our bill of rights" Calvin: "So you would be against censorship and the suppression of ideas you found distateful" Dad: "Right. You've got to take the bad with the good" Calvin: "So you wouldn't object to me being exposed to art, movies or music that some people think is offensive and shocking, right?" Dad: "Ok, first let me explain about our responsibility to be culturally educated and able to make critical distinctions about.." Calvin: "YOU'RE STALLLLING!"
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
Dad should ask: Calvin, what are you up to?
ORMouseworks about 10 years ago
Calvin, why are you talking like a college student…What do you have up your sleeve Now?! ;)
Yngvar Følling about 10 years ago
It’s 1994, and they’re unlikely to have Internet in their home yet, let alone a porn filter. He’s more likely to be talking about a video or magazine or something. Come to think of it, there has been no sign that they even own a VCR.
2252895 about 10 years ago
Calvin saw something that he’s trying dad say it was ok. From the sound of it he saw it doing something he wasn’t supposed to be doing.
unclebewey about 10 years ago
I don’t like where this is going….for Dad.
JLG Premium Member about 10 years ago
I think when Calvin gets a little older, he and his dad are going to bond in ways they weren’t able to before, because they’re both highly intelligent and insightful. Calvin might be a rebellious teen, but he and his dad will probably be able to speak to each other on the same level.
thirdguy about 10 years ago
I remember having that same discussion with my Dad, when I was six. Oh, wait. That wasn’t me.
LtPowers about 10 years ago
Calvin skipped a step — people have the right to express themselves, but that doesn’t mean everyone has the right to see or hear that expression.
Which is what Dad was getting to. He isn’t stalling at all, just explaining some nuances that Calvin missed.
pelican47 about 10 years ago
My sisters and I found the magazines hidden in bushes on our way walking to the playground..Oh gosh, now I see some implications to that . . .
saxie5 about 10 years ago
Dad just say what my parents always said. Our house isn’t a democracy it’s a dictatorship!
stuart about 10 years ago
The first amendment is about government censorship, not private. Calvin can watch that stuff as soon as he is on his own.
mourdac Premium Member about 10 years ago
Logic and young kids doesn’t mix.
Guilty Bystander about 10 years ago
Or perhaps “I Spit on Your Grave.” He’d be a lot nicer to Susie after watching that one.
puggles about 10 years ago
Exactly. I could not believe my eyes when the “news” showed that picture with its corresponding “photoshop” jibes. That is pornography that should NOT be shown on television, and certainly not while children can be watching. I’m far from being a child but it was extremely offensive to me. And you can’t “unsee” things!
Max Starman Jones about 10 years ago
Calvin’s not talking porn; he’s talking violence. At this stage, he still thinks girls are gross.
katzenbooks45 about 10 years ago
I think Calvin’s in trouble at school…
neverenoughgold about 10 years ago
I don’t think Dad is the one who is stalling. Please get to the point, Calvin! What is it you want to know?
JP Steve Premium Member about 10 years ago
I think this must be before Calvin learned the lesson “You don’t need to ask a question you already know the answer to…”
Graz65 about 10 years ago
I think Calvin is trying to get Dad to let him watch “Venusian Vampire Vixens”.
Susie Derkins D: about 10 years ago
I wonder how Calvin is gonna react.
sunchaunzo about 10 years ago
Go, Calvin!!!
leopardglily almost 2 years ago
I kind of always thought that he was talking about music with a bunch of swear words in it.