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Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Brown Rabbit: And so the originalist rationale cited
by the court is really an attempt to
justify the continued dominance of
the sociopolitical elite at that time.
Professor Cal V. Hobbes: Exactly Mr. Rabbit! Exactly.
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Professor Cal V. Hobbes: It's a powerful idea Mr. Rabbit.
And one likely lost upon your
peers, so allow me to repeat it.
Brown Rabbit grins.
Tort Bunny glares.
Professor Cal V. Hobbes: What Mr. Rabbit is saying is that the
struggle over a scarce supply of carrots
brings out the worst in rabbitkind.
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Professor Cal V. Hobbes: And that absent a government
monopoly, the life of a rabbit
would be solitary, poor ...
Professor Cal V. Hobbes: ... nasty, brutish, and short.
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Professor Cal V. Hobbes: And therefore--
Brown Rabbit: Wait, what? That's the exact
opposite of what I was saying.
End of panel.
Professor Hobbes lets the silence hang over the class for a moment.
End of panel.
Professor Cal V. Hobbes: Mr. Rabbit, you are an idiot.
End of comic.
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