Comic #6138: blind

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Description

Here's the transcription of the comic:

Panel 1:

• Person 1: "I don't believe in revenge. 'An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.'"
• Person 2: "What? No it doesn't."

Panel 2:

• Person 1: "Consider two people. A stabs B in the eye. B stabs A in the eye. Iterate twice more and you have zero eyes available for the purposes of revenge."

Panel 3:

• Person 1: "The only way you could blind the whole world would be if A stabs B, so B responds by stabbing C, so C responds by stabbing D and so on. In what context would you ever meet that condition?"
• Person 2: "Foreign policy."

Panel 4:

• Person 1: "I stand corrected."

This comic discusses themes of revenge and the cyclical nature of violence in a humorous way.