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Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 24th August 2015

Dilbert//9627, first published 11 years ago on Monday 24th August 2015

Robots Read News Of Supreme Court Ruling


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supreme court, partisan politics, engineers, morals, legislation, conservatism, liberal, guilt, innocence


Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - Dilbert Invents an External Brain Stimulator

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT ENGINEERS CANNOT BE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER Robots Read News LAWYERS ARGUED THAT ANY GOOD ENGINEER KNOWS HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, SO GETTING CAUGHT IS PROOF OF INNOCENCE.

Robots Read News THE RULING WAS UNANIMOUS BECAUSE NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHICH SIDE WAS THE LIBERAL ONE.

Robots Read News

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AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Robots Read News"

Summary:

The comic strip features three panels with a robot sitting at a desk, reading news headlines. The first panel states, "THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT ENGINEERS CANNOT BE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER." The second panel continues, "LAWYERS ARGUED THAT ANY GOOD ENGINEER KNOWS HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, SO GETTING CAUGHT IS PROOF OF INNOCENCE." The third panel concludes, "THE RULING WAS UNANIMOUS BECAUSE NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHICH SIDE WAS THE LIBERAL ONE."

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of the legal system and the challenges of understanding complex legal concepts. The use of a robot as the protagonist adds a touch of irony and satire to the strip. Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the idea that lawyers can be overly clever and that the legal system can be confusing and illogical.

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