Penny Arcade - Comic - A Knife And A Fork

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Penny Arcade - Comic - A Knife And A Fork

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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FireballDragon

How many of you wanna bet Gabe's gonna do something unmentionable with that snowman?

Lttlefoot

Caveat emptor

Man in the Mists

FireballDragon wrote: »

How many of you wanna bet Gabe's gonna do something unmentionable with that snowman?

Or he decides to pass the torch and let one of his kids do it?

jberry

Tycho wrote:

the things they're being made to account for are practices that have been in use broadly...like getting pulled over for speeding after somebody literally just passed you, going faster

broad use justifies no wrong
party a wrongdoing never justifies party b wrongdoing
if i murder one person am i innocent because someone else has murdered two

Lttlefoot wrote: »

Caveat emptor

caveat emptor is an amoral idea

V1m

Lttlefoot wrote: »

Caveat emptor

Ecce homo

dennis

jberry wrote: »

Tycho wrote:

the things they're being made to account for are practices that have been in use broadly...like getting pulled over for speeding after somebody literally just passed you, going faster

broad use justifies no wrong
party a wrongdoing never justifies party b wrongdoing
if i murder one person am i innocent because someone else has murdered two

Don't think Jerry said he thought it justified it. Just that he at least understood why Epic would cry out that they're being singled out. It's entirely possible to understand a person's (or in this case, corporation's) excuse without agreeing with it.

Lttlefoot wrote: »

Caveat emptor

caveat emptor is an amoral idea

Caveat emptor is really good life advice.

Tofystedeth

dennis wrote: »

Lttlefoot wrote: »

Caveat emptor

caveat emptor is an amoral idea

Caveat emptor is really good life advice.

Caveat emptor is good life advice, but it can't used as legal or moral justification for corporations' bad behavior, as they will always exploit their power and information asymmetry to take as much from the customer as they can get away with, no matter how much the buyer tries to be careful.

dennis

Tofystedeth wrote: »

dennis wrote: »

Lttlefoot wrote: »

Caveat emptor

caveat emptor is an amoral idea

Caveat emptor is really good life advice.

Caveat emptor is good life advice, but it can't used as legal or moral justification for corporations' bad behavior, as they will always exploit their power and information asymmetry to take as much from the customer as they can get away with, no matter how much the buyer tries to be careful.

Correct. Both things are true. And since ultimately the legal system is rigged to slant towards the people with money, you'll be wise to caveat fucking emptor just as hard as you can. Doesn't mean you won't get screwed anyway, though.

Pyrian

Fun fact: Caveat Emptor originated as a legal principle that once a sale was closed, the seller was absolved of any defects in the product. Eventually, society decided that was stupid.

Overkillengine

Re: Third panel

And when one employs a team of lawyers, it's called "court".
And when one employs a team of bureaucrats, it's called "government".