Or, as with all the people grouping around their political soapboxes of choice these days to listen to diatribes about “the opposition,” they fear “it” because they herd it.
People don’t need media to be cattle. Besides, cows don’t understand human speech. In real life, half would think that “RRRAAAHHHRRR” means “fresh hay”.
The quote the character Karma offer up “fear causes the herd” is apparently a paraphrase from the following quote by the esteemed philosopher and psychologist Bertrand Russel. “Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” Bertrand Russell.
The long and short of that is that when sufficiently frightened a group or herd of even docile animals such as cows will be galvanized into hostility towards the frightener, hence the remarkably changed attitudes as reflected on the faces of the bovines in the last panel.
Personally this particular comics makes me say shame on you Justin Thompson for misusing the gentle bovines in such a way as to have PETA members from all corners of the galaxy coming down on him. Further I think it’s wrong to make anyone do term-paper level research just to find out why a particular comic strip is supposed to be funny.
Very well said,Surfstuff55.Aside from the humor and overall beauty ( aesthetic and otherwise) of this strip,I really love the ongoing educational value.
legaleagle48 about 13 years ago
OK, I’m going to need someone to explain this one to me, because I don’t get it.
dph28 about 13 years ago
cows separated by color and only came together because of fear
Sisyphos about 13 years ago
Karma is awfully moody today!—Or should I have said MOO-dy?
Ensoh about 13 years ago
Or, as with all the people grouping around their political soapboxes of choice these days to listen to diatribes about “the opposition,” they fear “it” because they herd it.
reverence about 13 years ago
I think that Karma’s look of disdain might possibly be aimed at us as being the cattle who are constantly being force fed media fear.
mntim about 13 years ago
People don’t need media to be cattle. Besides, cows don’t understand human speech. In real life, half would think that “RRRAAAHHHRRR” means “fresh hay”.
runar about 13 years ago
Anybody who’s spent time around cows (and I have) knows that they’re so stupid that eating them is doing them a favor.
machpovii3 about 13 years ago
She’s pissed off with us for only being a unified nation when we’re scared.
Harold Shaver Premium Member about 13 years ago
The quote the character Karma offer up “fear causes the herd” is apparently a paraphrase from the following quote by the esteemed philosopher and psychologist Bertrand Russel. “Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” Bertrand Russell.
The long and short of that is that when sufficiently frightened a group or herd of even docile animals such as cows will be galvanized into hostility towards the frightener, hence the remarkably changed attitudes as reflected on the faces of the bovines in the last panel.
Personally this particular comics makes me say shame on you Justin Thompson for misusing the gentle bovines in such a way as to have PETA members from all corners of the galaxy coming down on him. Further I think it’s wrong to make anyone do term-paper level research just to find out why a particular comic strip is supposed to be funny.
khrushchev about 13 years ago
Today’s strip deserves an award.
mntim about 13 years ago
I think we can all agree that other people are cattle. Yep, we can all agree on that.
bmonk about 13 years ago
Here I’m wondering what panel 4 looks like from the other side.
reverence about 13 years ago
Very well said,Surfstuff55.Aside from the humor and overall beauty ( aesthetic and otherwise) of this strip,I really love the ongoing educational value.
Ensoh about 13 years ago
That might be true in the fields of Mythtickle, Karma, but it sure hasn’t been true in America!
Pedrocelli about 13 years ago
@mntimYep. Moo.
(nice one!)