Comments on: TOM THE DANCING BUG: Bad Fetus, in "Fetal Firepower!!" http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 17:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: David Weintraub http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1668203 David Weintraub Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1668203 Bad Fetus was one of Tom the Dancing Bug's first cartoons. In the toon about 20 years previously, Bad Fetus committed first degree murder, but conservatives were in a pickle. They wanted to get him the death penalty, but that would be (gasp!) an abortion. Bad Fetus was one of Tom the Dancing Bug’s first cartoons. In the toon about 20 years previously, Bad Fetus committed first degree murder, but conservatives were in a pickle. They wanted to get him the death penalty, but that would be (gasp!) an abortion.

]]> By: David Weintraub http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1668200 David Weintraub Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1668200 Life imitating Fiction from the New York Times: Trusts Offer a Legal Loophole for Buying Restricted Guns http://nyti.ms/ZFfhVC The story is about how a trust can be setup to allow people who may not be legally able to buy a gun the ability to get their hands on one. Google Gun Trusts and see what comes up. Life imitating Fiction from the New York Times: Trusts Offer a Legal Loophole for Buying Restricted Guns

http://nyti.ms/ZFfhVC The story is about how a trust can be setup to allow people who may not be legally able to buy a gun the ability to get their hands on one. Google Gun Trusts and see what comes up.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1667423 wysinwyg Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1667423 Argh I've been Disqus-ted! Argh I’ve been Disqus-ted!

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1667381 wysinwyg Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1667381 "Semi auto version of the same sub machine gun" -- that does not imply that the gun is a sub machine gun, just that it is the same basic gun as a sub machine gun but with a semi auto mechanism. And since it is the same gun it's entirely accurate. The noun here standing in for the Uzi carbine is "version", not "sub machine gun" which is the object of the prepositional phrase modifying "version". Edited to be less dickish. “Semi auto version of the same sub machine gun” — that does not imply that the gun is a sub machine gun, just that it is the same basic gun as a sub machine gun but with a semi auto mechanism.

And since it is the same gun it’s entirely accurate. The noun here standing in for the Uzi carbine is “version”, not “sub machine gun” which is the object of the prepositional phrase modifying “version”.

Edited to be less dickish.

]]> By: DewiMorgan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1667277 DewiMorgan Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1667277  Except, it's not a sub machine gun, since it only fires semi auto. Reading is a popular way to understand the information you are trying to cite.  Except, it’s not a sub machine gun, since it only fires semi auto.

Reading is a popular way to understand the information you are trying to cite.

]]> By: DewiMorgan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1667276 DewiMorgan Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1667276  Next you're gonna be telling me that Assault Weapons are a fiction!  Next you’re gonna be telling me that Assault Weapons are a fiction!

]]> By: voidmstr http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1667127 voidmstr Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1667127 Looks familiar!  Fetus with a gun, eh?  http://pocho.com/arizona-pro-life-bill-promises-a-gun-for-every-unborn-child/ Looks familiar!  Fetus with a gun, eh?  http://pocho.com/arizona-pro-life-bill-promises-a-gun-for-every-unborn-child/

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1667094 Navin_Johnson Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1667094  Only the poor ones.  Only the poor ones.

]]> By: John Clavis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1667046 John Clavis Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1667046 The cartoon establishes that Bad Fetus can lawyer up, visit gun shops and use guns as of the cartoon's "today". The odds seem pretty good that today wasn't the first day that that was true, and, therefore, when someone suggests that, before today, Bad Fetus committed a felony, you need only use your imagination to synthesize a gallimaufry of chicanery and malfeasance... (This reply has been brought to you by Fee-Seize Financial Services. If there's a fee you need seized, call Fee-Seize. Remember, you're covered... with Fee-Seize!) The cartoon establishes that Bad Fetus can lawyer up, visit gun shops and use guns as of the cartoon’s “today”. The odds seem pretty good that today wasn’t the first day that that was true, and, therefore, when someone suggests that, before today, Bad Fetus committed a felony, you need only use your imagination to synthesize a gallimaufry of chicanery and malfeasance…

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]]> By: John Clavis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1667042 John Clavis Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1667042 It's funny 'cause it's true... It’s funny ’cause it’s true…

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666969 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666969 The ultrasound machine is like Daigoro's pram in Lone Wolf and Cub, only without Lone Wolf. The ultrasound machine is like Daigoro’s pram in Lone Wolf and Cub, only without Lone Wolf.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666964 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666964 You eat Fomorian babies? You eat Fomorian babies?

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666949 Kimmo Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666949 If genuine, indistinguishable from parody, and vice versa. If genuine, indistinguishable from parody, and vice versa.

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666806 Navin_Johnson Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666806 I am too, but I'm one of those vegetarians that treat certain ethnicities like seafood. Not reeeeally cheating.. I am too, but I’m one of those vegetarians that treat certain ethnicities like seafood. Not reeeeally cheating..

]]> By: MattAtDoyle http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666807 MattAtDoyle Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666807 Wait, how did they get the gun into the ute... ooohhhhhhhhh Wait, how did they get the gun into the ute… ooohhhhhhhhh

]]> By: DJBudSonic http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666799 DJBudSonic Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666799 I've read it, and I encourage that behavior to reduce world population.  Feel free to eat your young, everyone.  I won't be doing it because I am a vegetarian, however. I’ve read it, and I encourage that behavior to reduce world population.  Feel free to eat your young, everyone.  I won’t be doing it because I am a vegetarian, however.

]]> By: Andy Simmons http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666737 Andy Simmons Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666737 Augh.  Gun control?  Citizens United?  Abortion? I'm going back to reading Pogo, where all of the political humor fits on the side of a rowboat. Augh.  Gun control?  Citizens United?  Abortion?

I’m going back to reading Pogo, where all of the political humor fits on the side of a rowboat.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666691 franko Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666691 i honestly couldn't imagine where else this cartoon could've ended, anyway. i honestly couldn’t imagine where else this cartoon could’ve ended, anyway.

]]> By: MaximilianVanlancker http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666656 MaximilianVanlancker Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666656 Some comics are Political Satire, Tom the Dancing Bug is more like Satirical Politics Some comics are Political Satire, Tom the Dancing Bug is more like Satirical Politics

]]> By: Craig Connolly http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666556 Craig Connolly Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666556 Bad Fetus is referring to the inferior semi-auto civilian version which must have at least a 16 inch barrel. That model is all that would be available to him since he isn't serving in any country's military or as a law enforcement officer. Bad Fetus is referring to the inferior semi-auto civilian version which must have at least a 16 inch barrel. That model is all that would be available to him since he isn’t serving in any country’s military or as a law enforcement officer.

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666552 Navin_Johnson Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666552 Next you're gonna tell me that talking cartoon sonogram babies aren't real! Next you’re gonna tell me that talking cartoon sonogram babies aren’t real!

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666553 wysinwyg Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666553 Uzi carbine is a semi auto version of the same sub machine gun with a longer barrel to make it legal in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzi#Civilian_variants Google is a popular internet search engine. Uzi carbine is a semi auto version of the same sub machine gun with a longer barrel to make it legal in the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzi#Civilian_variants

Google is a popular internet search engine.

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666541 Navin_Johnson Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666541 Original sin? *edit* oops, too late Original sin?

*edit* oops, too late

]]> By: Citizen http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666537 Citizen Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666537 uzi carbine rifle? uzi is a sub machine gun or machine pistol uzi carbine rifle? uzi is a sub machine gun or machine pistol

]]> By: MikeB http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666529 MikeB Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666529 original sin, as it (he?) hasn't been baptized by good christian parents yet...? i think there is a national database of sinners out there. gun dealers clearly have access to it. or something. personally, i find fetuses (which then progress to infants, which are really just small adult human beings) are the result of sexual intercourse or various forms of artificial insemination. i like to keep any gifting from god(s) or others out of the equation. you might be into that sort of thing, and that is OK... kind of kinky, but OK. original sin, as it (he?) hasn’t been baptized by good christian parents yet…?
i think there is a national database of sinners out there. gun dealers clearly have access to it.

or something.

personally, i find fetuses (which then progress to infants, which are really just small adult human beings) are the result of sexual intercourse or various forms of artificial insemination. i like to keep any gifting from god(s) or others out of the equation. you might be into that sort of thing, and that is OK… kind of kinky, but OK.

]]> By: ItsOver http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666522 ItsOver Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666522 He's a baaaaaad fetus! (Mail fraud) He’s a baaaaaad fetus!

(Mail fraud)

]]> By: knappa http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666521 knappa Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666521 The legal intricacies were clearly more unrealistic than the hands reaching out of the sonogram display. The legal intricacies were clearly more unrealistic than the hands reaching out of the sonogram display.

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666511 Navin_Johnson Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666511  I hope you never read "A Modest Proposal", you'll be truly horrified at what that dude is <i>literally</i> suggesting...  I hope you never read “A Modest Proposal”, you’ll be truly horrified at what that dude is literally suggesting…

]]> By: Recluse http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666512 Recluse Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666512 As God's Gift regardless of the circumstances of his conception, I cannot understand WHAT possible Felony Conviction could be on his record.. Please explain. As God’s Gift regardless of the circumstances of his conception, I cannot understand WHAT possible Felony Conviction could be on his record.. Please explain.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/tom-the-dancing-bug-bad-fetus.html#comment-1666473 wysinwyg Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215581#comment-1666473  I want my money back.  I want my money back.

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