Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for June 16, 2015
Transcript:
They say people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. It follows that people in durable houses should throw stones. The point is this: if you have high self-esteem, it's okay to hurt people. I don't think the people who use the idiom think about it so hard. This is why you'll never be in my law firm, Billy.
Bill The Nuke over 9 years ago
Run, Billy! You don’t want to be in his law firm!
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 9 years ago
Their main clients are political campaigns asking how far they can go in stone-throwing and mud-slinging without committing any actionable civil offenses.
emptc12 over 9 years ago
I think it was Kurt Vonnegut who wryly wrote, “People have the right to do anything you can’t stop them from doing.” (-
Ida No over 9 years ago
Technically, the idiom means “don’t be caught being a hypocrite”. So, if you’re going to throw stones, wear a mask so no one can tell who you are.
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
So you think when Harry Truman said, “Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day,” he meant, “You MUST kick a fresh turd on a cold day”?
gammaguy over 9 years ago
Actually, it doesn’t follow. The lawyer’s reasoning violates logic… which should surprise no one.