The better way is what we do as artists. We make more interesting worlds.

Things arn't always as they seem, no matter how much we want them to be. Great comic.

Getting beat by a superhero like Savage Squirrel must be really humiliating. Even Mister Fantastic is bigger and more ripped than this guy!

I doubt it hurts for long. Since I can't think of any bad guys that have survived Savage Squirrel...

Doctor Doom has been beat by Squirrel Girl, and has never been the same since.

It hits like a ton of bricks.

Can't help but feel for the girl still.

- Shado

There is no better way, there is only the way.

And the way is to make the best of the life you've been given.

This. Totally. Terry Pratchett FTW.

I have to read this now.

Yes, through Death, Pratchett shows the soul of a true philosopher. I think the Diskworld series should be required reading in grade school and high school. and nobody should be allowed to run for public office without writing a dissertation on the political process as shown though the eyes of a major character from the series.

I would recommended using the views of Death, Sir Samuel Vimes, Carrot Ironfounderson, or Granny Weatherwax to start. They have the right views on politics, most of them hate the 'ruling class' or simply have no use for politics.

Vimes and Weatherwax are both very similar in philosophy, both are in positions of power, and they do not abuse it. Vimes because he has conjured a personal demon inside his own head, the Watchman who watches all the watchmen, including himself; and Weatherwax helps others simply because she knows she's the best for the job, despite the fact that she hates people.

Carrot is simply the incorruptible 'Good guy,' a king who is happy being second in command of the watch, who uses his CHARISMA to defuse fights and keep the peace. He is a model for humble civil service.

Death sees more about the Human condition than anyone else, simply from his long eons of study. He is probably the most compassionate entity on the Disk, and he's a really nice guy when you get to know him, and everyone gets to know him, soon er or later.

This is the most well thought out view of Diskworld I've ever seen.. and it makes a lot of sense.. I would love to see such things as this take place.

And I wish I could take credit for it, but almost all of the 'biography' info is pulled from Pratchett's own books.

Okay, I think the info about why Weatherwax does what she does is from GURPS Diskworld, and Vimes' stuff is rehashing a scene from a book where a shadowy demon tried to get into Vimes' head and found the Watchman there, protecting an Ankh-Morpork cloaked in eternal rainy night with his Lantern of Justice.

Carrot's an open book, and it's a comic book at that, not even a 'graphic novel.' He pulls swords from stones, then jabs them into other stones, when he picked up the Gonne, the first and only firearm on the Disk, the one that took control of anyone who touched it, the Gonne that even tempted Vimes for a bit before Vimes remembered that he was Vimes, and would not, could not, stoop to controlling the city to control crime. When Carrot picked up the Gonne, he simply looked at it, shrugged, and shattered it against a marble column.

Death's bio was ripped almost verbatim from the back-of-the-book bios, I even stole Terry's closing joke about him.

My only original work there was the call for kids to read political satire disguised as comedy, and for politicians to write dissertations on political satire before they entered politics.

My way, or at least the way I have used for several years thus far, is to keep all your dreams and desires of impossible realities with you. But to realize that they are impossible. I would rather want what I want in a world I cannot have it in, then want less then what I want and find pointless contentment in having it. *shrugs* I may be wrong, I do not advise any to take up such a practice, merely put in my two coppers on the subject. Dont bother reaching for the stars you know you cannot reach, but never stop wanting the chance to reach them.

Ahh, the tension's been so great! First, I was afraid for Savage, now I'm afraid for her!

I think Terry Pratchet's "Death" said it best in Mort.
"There is no justice, there is Just Us."

Also Mort:

"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
"Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice."

Agreed, That Death loves Cat's is awesome.

Including the death of rats :D

I have that as an avi in SL.

Ipslore? wasn't he from Sourcery?

The answer to your question is both. Both the tyrants and the Buddhists are doing the same thing; changing their perceptions of the world to fit what works best for them. The Buddhists do it by changing what is within to match the world without; the tyrants do it by taking what is without and forcing it to fit what they hold within themselves. Neither is completely right or wrong. A good balance might be a little of both, taken in good measure.

Indeed, remember that if Noone tried to change the world around them we'd still live in a world where women were property, human flight was witchcraft, and slavery was right and natural.

In order to create a better world for ourselves, we must work with others to come to a joint conclusion on just what constitutes justice, and right. Different people have different opinions on what is just, and until we can learn to work with them and come to a compromise, there will be no justice between people who have divergent cultural and moral backgrounds.

aww well now it sinks in that


His boyfriends BAD

Guns bad.

Bans good.

Ban knives and cars and bricks and cigarettes too

Ban Penises.

Overpopulation.

The Gun is good! The Penis is evil! The Penis shoots Seeds, and makes new Life to poison the Earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the Gun shoots Death and purifies the Earth of the filth of Brutals. Go forth, and kill! Zardoz has spoken!

i think i died a little inside.

First way to make the world a better place: Do not desire.
Possible consequences if your stop to desire anything? Mmmm, have your own ideas.

Check out the movie Serenity, they show what happens if desire is removed.

It was a drug known colloquially as 'The Pax,' (Since that was the first syllable of its first name) and it was supposed to suppress aggression.

It worked.

Too well.

On the planet it was tested on, 90% of the population stopped being aggressive, and became peaceful, so peaceful they stopped going to work, or eating, or breathing, they simply laid down and died, peacefully.

The remaining 10%? They had the opposite reaction, becoming insanely violent, turning into murdering, raping savages that became known as Reavers.



Without desire, there is no reason to continue living.

In The Book of Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi talks about this at length in the book of water.

Water takes the form of it's container, and fills it.

When puzzle pieces start fitting together

You are showing us good fantasies, Karno.

A relevant quote...

Source- uncertain. I suspect 'TRIGUN'
"Life is like an incessant series of problems. All difficult, with brutally limited choices, and a time limit. The WORST thing is to make no decision, waiting for the ideal conclusion to present itself. ...Make the best choice in a split second. We're not like god. Not only are our powers limited, but we sometimes have to play the Devil."

Unfortunately for her there is some justice, which is why she lost the man she loved. He was off to do wrong thinking he could get away with it and it didn't go how he wanted and paid the ultimate price for it.