The Saddest Calvin and Hobbes Sketch Ever

POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
UPDATED: Saturday, March 3, 2007 14:12
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6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:14 AM

Not sure if it's real. I got it off of Digg.com. It brought a tear to my eye.....

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

PENGUIN

Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:22 AM

It's not real...the font is all wrong...and the strip is called Calvin and Hobbes.

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

CYBERSNARK

Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:50 AM

Real or not, it is sad though.

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RUE

Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:54 AM

If that's how it is, it would be sad. Speaking as someone who's tried VERY hard to keep my 'boinginess' from getting in the way of real life, I can say that it feels SSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOooooooooooo.... good to not be 'driven to distraction' every waking moment. You. CAN. slow. down. AAAHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

THATWEIRDGIRL

Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:16 AM

excellent book too.

Yeah, that strip isn't real. Btw, the pills don't kill my other worlds, the pills help me visit them when I want to go not when they want me to visit.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:00 AM

Well Rue, and TWG.... I can go with that. I choose not to myself, but I can respect that there are individuals who feel that they need a prescription. I have no doubts that I would be labled with one form of disorder or another, if not 10 at the same time if I ever sought help, so I choose not to go there myself. I really probably shouldn't say that I will NEVER be on pills one day either since I pretty much think differently today about everything than I did just 10 years ago when I was graduating high school.

My only problem is that children being fed the pills really aren't old enough or self aware enough to be making these choices for themselves on their own, and usually have no say in the matter since the parents are the deciding factors here. I suggest that, just like cigarettes, pills should not be allowed to be fed to children under 18 years old, except for possibly the most extreme cases... say a child who it has been proven to act like Damion from the Omen.

Some may argue that anyone this child hurt after the fact could have been spared this had the child been put on pills earlier, and it's hard to argue that point. I feel that these small occurances are a great trade off though when you consider all of the children who should never have been put on pills who by law could not be forced on the pill until they were legally old enough to decide that smoking a cigarette is right or wrong for them.

That, and I'm not looking forward to the world where it is mandatory that we all get psychological evalutations and are forcefed the happy pills. I am pretty much convinced by preceeding trends in all matters of politics and legislature that this will be the case someday in the future once enough of the people are sold on the beleif that this is beneficial to their welfare and security.

I am aware of the fact that my behavior could be very erratic sometimes, but it is my choice to feel this way until I actually have been arrested, convicted and sentenced for harming somebody. We still live in a country where we are innocient until proven guilty, don't we? We all know my stance on the war. I feel that giving a 10 year old kid Ritalin is the equivalent of a pre-emtive strike on their personality, and in essence, limiting their own ability and creativity before they've even had a chance to discover themselves.

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FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:04 AM

Quote:
I feel that giving a 10 year old kid Ritalin is the equivalent of a pre-emtive strike on their personality, and in essence, limiting their own ability and creativity before they've even had a chance to discover themselves.

Bingo.

DEEPGIRL187

Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:12 PM

You know, it's pretty sick and depressing that someone would use a comic strip that shows the magic of childhood to spout their own agenda. Whatever my feelings on ADHD are, I wouldn't bastardize someone else's work to get my point across.

I'm sorry, but Calvin and Hobbes is something I feel pretty strongly about, strange though it may sound. It's just too wonderful a story to politicize.

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WHODIED

Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:07 PM

G23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate, anyone?

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RUE

Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:44 PM

"My only problem is that children being fed the pills really aren't old enough or self aware enough to be making these choices for themselves on their own, and usually have no say in the matter since the parents are the deciding factors here."

I'd say - why NOT ask the kids? This is only hypothetical since I never took Ritalin as a kid, but if it had cleared up the 'noise' back then the way it does now, I would have felt a lot beter back then.

I can't see a reason to NOT ask a child if they prefer the medication or not.

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