Comic #5865: ev
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Title: At the Association for Effective Villainy…
Panel 1: (One character speaks.) "FOR TOO LONG, VILLAINY HAS BEEN MOTIVATED BY EMPATHY!"
Panel 2: (Another character responds.) "WHEN YOU PERSONALLY WITNESS A THOUSAND PEOPLE BEING CRUSHED TO DEATH, YOU FEEL THEIR SUFFERING! Meanwhile, there are people overseas whose suffering is FAR EASIER TO RECOGNIZE FOR FAR LESS INVESTMENT!"
Panel 3: (Characters react.) "YOUR FEELINGS WILL NOT MATTER TO A CHILD IN A POOR COUNTRY WHOSE LIFE COULD BE RUINED WITH A SINGLE DENIED PILL!"
Panel 4: (Another character join in) "COMRADES, THERE ARE IMPROVERISHED HUMAN BEINGS ALREADY WEAKENED BY HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION WHOSE LIVES COULD BE DEVASTATED RIGHT NOW BY TINY ADJUSTMENTS TO SANITATION PROTOCOLS OR ACCESS TO MEDICINAL AID!"
Panel 5: (Shouting from the crowd) "DROWN THE BOY! PUSH! SHOVE!"
Panel 6: (The speaker continues.) "EACH LIFE IS PRECIOUS!"
Panel 7: "Aren't they?"
Panel 8: (Another character poses a question.) "WELL, EVERY SINGLE DAY, ALL HUMANS ARE 'BY THE RIVER' IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER AND WE BARELY EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!"
Panel 9: (Another voice asks for clarification.) "BUT WHAT DO WE DO THEN, EVIL TWIN OF PETER SINGER?"
Panel 10: (The speaker responds.) "SUPPRESSING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IS A VERY TARGETED, VERY EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION, OBJECTIVELY EVIL WITHIN ITSELF, AND WILL CASCADE EFFECTS THROUGH GOVERNANCE, HEALTH AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AGAINST POVERTY."
Panel 11: (The speaker continues.) "I KNOW MANY OF YOU WILL GO THE EMOTIONAL ROUTE OF EXPLODING CITIES OR CONQUERING AUSTRALIA OR WHATEVER, BUT THE 5% OF YOU WHO ARE RATIONALLY UNCOMPASSIONATE… IF WE UNITE TOGETHER, WE CAN RUN NOT JUST A FEW LIVES, BUT EVERY LIFE."
Panel 12: (Crowd reaction.) "[THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE]"
Panel 13: (A character expresses concern.) "NO OFFENSE, LEAGUE OF KILLER AMAZONS."
Panel 14: (Another character responds.) "LOOK, IT'S NOT ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT HURTING THE MOST PEOPLE."
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