Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 21, 2023

Misdemeanor assault in pursuit of peace.

One Crack at a time.

Rat is saving the bat for Stephan.

Well, it sure is making a difference to a few lives.

“I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!” —Tom Lehrer

“Peace or death!”

Wise words rat

Eludes and deludes.

He deserved it.

World peace, world in pieces!

I prefer world piece (of cake)

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me and you and Rat …

“I love mankind. It’s people I can’t stand!” (Charles M. Schulz)

Peace deniers will be shot. Usually by each other.

World peace begins locally. Whirled peas, idk.

Violence is the essence of the recent peaceful protests. What’s a peaceful protest without a little arson, looting and mayhem?

Peace by violence. Sounds like something out of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” but then again, we’ve been living in that world for years.

Rat showed that guy a sign.

Think global, act local.

I accidentally tried to open the wrong car a couple of days ago. In all my seven decades I never thought someone would shoot me for that. I guess I was lucky. I miss my First World problems.

Oh how badly I want to get political…

I seek whirled peas. But the price has gone up.

I believe that is an omen because in the last panel the sign is damaged meaning it is a bad sign.

It’s like that old line from “Peanuts”.

“I love humanity. It’s people I can’t stand.”

Peace – start local, think global

The guy had it coming to him. He could have kept his petty criticism to himself. Freedom of speech does not negate the consequences.

A little booth can make a big impact.

There’s a fellow around here who stands at the intersection of two major roads (small town, but a lot of traffic there) with a sign that just says “Peace”. Some people honk as they pass him, whether in support or derision I couldn’t say.

I don’t know if he’s ever bonked a pedestrian with his sign.

The Bible states that there will always be wars and rumors of war. And it has been 100% correct in that statement. There are wars we aren’t even aware of in the world. So, essentially, I agree with the guy. Wanting World Peace is a nice sentiment, but it will never happen.

No one can change the whole World. You can only change the world around you.

What’s all this I keep hearing about whirled peas?

I don’t think we’ll have world peace until we blow ourselves to smithereens.

OY! He needed that! NOT!

“Cake or death? Hmmm.” Eddie Izzard.

“Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me…”

It’s a small, small world.

Perpetual voter anger is the key to reelection

Good for Rat!

Awesome

Pretty much the ’60s all over again. Make free love, not war….

me too….10/10

All peace like all politics is local

Rat: Other people should be peaceful, not me.

All peace is local.

In the book, “Snow Falling on Cedars,” the main character is told by his mother about his dad that, “No one loved humanity more than your father, he just didn’t like people very well.”

Think globally, muck it up locally.

Pig didn’t seem surprised. I think he knows Rat too well by now.

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

The “peace sign” is an inverted tree which means “death-war” An “inverted” peace sign is a tree, representing “life”

Whirled Peas begins at home, Rat; or so they say….

Rat is the perfect Democrat. Like all Democrats he loves humanity but hates humans

Reminds me of the Li’l Abner character who liked to promote peace in his own way, Smilin’ Zack: "Cadaverous, outwardly peaceable mountaineer with a menacing grin and an even more menacing shotgun. He preferred things “quiet.” (Real quiet, that is — not breathing or anything.)"

Next up, Rat proceeds to facilitate communications and bring about the termination of hostilities.