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WCDT Strips 3331-3335 (17 to 21 October 2016)
Is it cold in here?:
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It's not about proof, or even due process. Police in the U.S. have a good deal of latitude for harassing ordinary citizens for any reason. Perhaps you've heard, there's been some controversy about it lately. Getting on Lilac's bad side ought to be a bad move even without explicit legal action.
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That's where Gyrre's "less crappy" comes into the picture. My first reaction was your first reaction, even if Bubbles were not so legally vulnerable. On the other hand we've never heard even a hint about, say, Dale being hassled by cops when he was constantly on the road in white neighborhoods. That's a much different thing from a cop being personally humiliated, of course. But it's a flimsy piece of evidence that they have a lower level of hassle-pronenesss than in our world.
Neko_Ali:
This page to me adds more weight to my theory that Officer Lilac is stalking the fight club as a personal project. By her own admission the police know about it, but don't care to do anything to shut it down, even though they could easily do so. So either they've been well paid to look the other way, or they don't consider it worth their time. The only one who seems to be investigating it is Lilac, and she has apparently been doing so long enough that Corpse Witch considers her just part of the whole thing. And importantly is well aware of her. Add in the general tone of the comic as a whole and this all seems to add up to 'idealistic rookie trying to do the right thing by shutting down the evil criminal organization and everyone else thing she's a big joke'. That said, it probably means that, unlike real life, her veiled threats to Faye really don't have a lot of teeth behind them. Lilac's department probably has no interest in the case or shutting down the fight club, unless it's revealed that there are robots being taken advantage of. And honestly in that case both Faye and Bubbles would probably turn on Corpse Witch after finding that out anyway.
Otl1973:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Oct 2016, 00:13 ---Bubbles' actions were understandable but, ultimately, horribly self-destructive.
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(and numerous other comments by other posters...)
I understand that a lot of posters here take almost everything very seriously, but really? It was a gag in a (mostly) humorous comic strip. Sometimes a gag is just a gag...
Is it cold in here?:
You're absolutely right.
Over-analyzing is a game here.
Lilac hinted that Corpse Witch is connected, or Connected, to people doing some actual bad things and that the fight club is simply her stepping-stone up to the real criminals.
If it were our universe, the legal system is in such bad shape that I can think of at least three Federal felonies Faye could be charged with. FSM help her if Corpse Witch has a drug business on the side.
Thrudd:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 17 Oct 2016, 11:42 ---You're absolutely right.
Over-analyzing is a game here.
Lilac hinted that Corpse Witch is connected, or Connected, to people doing some actual bad things and that the fight club is simply her stepping-stone up to the real criminals.
If it were our universe, the legal system is in such bad shape that I can think of at least three Federal felonies Faye could be charged with. FSM help her if Corpse Witch has a drug business on the side.
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Heck they don't even need all that to charge someone for being - insert anything you can think of since it doesn't have to be on the books to get arrested, jailed, beaten or worse - this is because cops don't need to know the law but just have to feel that a law was broken. Oh and there is no personal responsibility if they screw up.
Yeah - I will stick with a fantasy world were cops are nice people looking out for your well being and interns sometimes do stupid stuff. Maybe one of the Nordic countries since this crap is seeping north.
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