Comic #6523: rule-of-law

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Panel 1:

• Person in a Batman costume: “NOT SO FAST, CROOK!”
• Person with a beard: “BATMAN! THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT!”

Panel 2:

• Bearded person: “WE GRANT THE STATE A MONOPOLY ON VIOLENCE BECAUSE WHEN INDIVIDUALS SEEK VENGEANCE FOR THE WRONGS DONE TO THEM YOU GET AN ENDLESS FEUD CYCLE!”

Panel 3:

• Bearded person: “I MEAN LOOK AT YOU! YOU’VE BEEN FIGHTING THE JOKER SINCE WHAT… 1940? YOU WANT EVERYONE TO DO THAT WITH THEIR ENEMIES FOREVER?”

Panel 4:

• Batman: “MAYBE I SHOULD GO INTO LAW INSTEAD?”
• Bearded person: “THAT’S HOW I GOT STARTED!”

Panel 5:

• (Batman looks contemplative.)
• Bearded person: “I… I…”