Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 02, 2012

Adults have been acting like Danae for a while now, so fair’s fair I say…….

Either way it’s time for our sweetie to incorporate…….

Love the imagery in the fourth pane. I can just see him shaking his head.

It’s funny how the words “Heads up” so often have the opposite effect.

sounds like it’s about time to start looking for a life

Trying to act like an adult is more like it!!

D.A. can’t help it that he has chosen the wrong side to play for. The Dark Side has an attraction for whiny losers.

At yet I find most adults act like children.

Good reply! I second that idea.

The airlines have been getting away with this forever: “We are not responsible if our employees rob you blind.”

More like “win the lottery, sue a company with big pockets”. Which you couldn’t do, sue a company I mean, if a corporation weren’t a ‘person’ for legal purposes, by the way. Those disclaimers were all over the place long before Citizens United…not that they actually absolve a company of legal responsibility, but they might bluff a person into thinking twice before filing a frivolous lawsuit.

I’d say she’s THINKING like an adult, but still believing like a child. Only a child would be naive enough to believe the disclaimer is legally binding.

When politicians talk about corporations as people, I just say, “Show me the birth certificate!”

Danae has a promising future with BP or Hailiburton.

Many business people believe that if they explicitly disavow responsibility for some possible incident they will be legally absolved. It doesn’t work that way. Take for example the “You Break It, You Buy It” signs in some shops. If you accidentally (key word here) brush against an open display breaking an item, the loss is the shopkeeper’s, not yours. It’s because the shopkeeper knowingly placed the items in a hazard (indeed, the “You Break It, You Buy It” sign can be used as a proof that the shopkeeper knew there was a hazard.) To expect a customer to pay in this instance may be construed as entrapment. `To put it concisely, liability is something for civil courts to decide, not businesses.

Well played, Wiley. There are many businesses that are honest stewards of our welfare…but they are sadly being replaced by greedy liars at an alarming rate. Many citizens are influenced by this amorality to become the same themselves, especially our young. What will destroy this great nation is the moral sickness growing within it.

That…and otter pops.

Texas? The Mormons weren’t run out of Texas – it was Missouri, among other places. Sheesh! If you’re trying to present facts, you should do a little checking.

Oh, sorry. “Facts” snicker

If individuals had a sense of personal responsibility, instead of a sense of entitlement, businesses wouldn’t need those disclaimers.

Looks like Devil’s Avocate went “Bye-Bye!”

problem is, a person has to learn to read….you mean the sign actually says something?

Looks like DA got flagged – I’d be curious to know what he said. Could somebody tell me (in a polite way)?

When something like DA gets deleted, could those commenting on it also delete theirs? I have no idea what DA said (and doubt I missed anything), but a retort to nothing doesn’t have much meaning either.

@Hippogriff: Good point. Done. He was just spewing ignorant anti-Semitic and anti-mormon ignorance.

So Danae is a Calvinist? Or a Hobbes?

Just wait until you have children of your own.

Dannae is a quite the character,I wonder what her father really thought

Can anyone say "Deep Sh i t trouble? LOL!

People are corporations?!?

I do like this come-back. May I borrow it for future reference?

Trusted Mechanic: I am hardly saying don’t reply – I may guilty of a lot of things, but double standard isn’t one. If the outrage stands, by all means reply; but if it is removed, related comments should be too – they have served their purpose in context, but are baffling when the context is removed.