Opposition spokesman: Does the right honourable gentleman opposite* not realise that the crippling new taxes his party are introducing – a policy, i might add, that we on this side of the house originally proposed some THREE years ago [jeers] – these crippling new taxes will hit the meekest, most vulnerable members of our society hardest? Will the right honourable gentleman take all the blame for this so that we can get in at the next election and make exactly the same decisions whilst he stands here and berates us for following his VERY OWN POLICY!!!!?!!
Speaker of the House: Order! ORDER!
*Formal terms of address towards someone you’re about to insult
Actually if it’s the earth that the meek inherit then the tax man wants a percentage of the earth and by anyone’s reckoning taxmen from every nation have had their fare share of what the earth has so they should back off and start talking about a rebate!!!
The meek will inherit the earth – if it’s OK with the rest of you. It’s just that the proud will already have raped it and turned into a wasteland already. So there will be nothing left to tax.
Comment by Graham Crawford — October 7, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
Is that because everyone else can afford to move somewhere better?
ah i see what you did there DrRuth, very clever. i’ve heard it said that God has planted the seeds of the gospel in every culture, but i never suspected He’d shoehorned it into even the tax system! Does that mean yo’ll have to stock the entire output of the treasury department at the library now, Timbo? Which reminds me, when does Heroes season 2 come out?
I heard that they had it coming to them.
And may I officially be the first commenter not to mention any form of cheesemaking.
Comment by Timbo — October 6, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
Oh, poop.
Comment by Timbo — October 6, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
Aren’t the meek already taxed to the hilt?!! Will just have to get meeker.
Comment by Stumpy — October 7, 2008 @ 5:13 am
All I want to know is, how does that guy keep those glasses on his face? Cellophane tape???
Comment by Laura — October 7, 2008 @ 5:15 am
Its no wonder the whole things going to pot – even the writing on the wall is back to front!
Comment by drew — October 7, 2008 @ 7:53 am
“And my advice to those who die,
Declare the pennies on your eyes”
Taxman – The Beatles, from the album Revolver
Also brings to mind Black Adder series 1 (think warped Robin Hood/medieval Magnificent Seven)
“Friar – Blessed are the meek…for they shall be slaughtered.
John – Yeah, let’s kill those meek ba***rds!”
(paraphrase)
BTW, love your Alistair, darling…
Comment by Carole — October 7, 2008 @ 7:59 am
Is he a weilder of the bible?
Comment by Robb — October 7, 2008 @ 8:29 am
A welder of the Bible?
Comment by Timbo — October 7, 2008 @ 8:40 am
Those arent spectacles, they are windows into some dark, dank, unearthly dungeon dimension….
Comment by Stumpy — October 7, 2008 @ 9:03 am
what elements of meekness might be tax deductable?
Could I submit 30% of my vanity as a cost-of-doing meekness?
what about the proportion of the time that I’m oppinionated or assertive.. can I set those against this meekness tax?
crikey, I’ll have to get a tax accountant in to work this all out
are any of them into meekness?
where’s Mother Theresa when you need her?
Comment by Caroline Too — October 7, 2008 @ 9:15 am
Love it Jon.
Time for the prophets to reveal the false gods!
Comment by Jonathan — October 7, 2008 @ 9:16 am
Yes Timbo, the black book in his hand with a cross on it…
Comment by Robb — October 7, 2008 @ 10:16 am
Jonathan (11): I think Jon’s on about the PROFITS revealing false gods
Robb & Timbo (7,8 & 12): “wealder”. Does that help? …
Caroline Too (10): Tax deductable meekness! I love it!!
Comment by janetp — October 7, 2008 @ 11:44 am
…are you sure it’s not ‘wielder’?
Comment by Carole — October 7, 2008 @ 11:58 am
Opposition spokesman: Does the right honourable gentleman opposite* not realise that the crippling new taxes his party are introducing – a policy, i might add, that we on this side of the house originally proposed some THREE years ago [jeers] – these crippling new taxes will hit the meekest, most vulnerable members of our society hardest? Will the right honourable gentleman take all the blame for this so that we can get in at the next election and make exactly the same decisions whilst he stands here and berates us for following his VERY OWN POLICY!!!!?!!
Speaker of the House: Order! ORDER!
*Formal terms of address towards someone you’re about to insult
Comment by Linus — October 7, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
Actually if it’s the earth that the meek inherit then the tax man wants a percentage of the earth and by anyone’s reckoning taxmen from every nation have had their fare share of what the earth has so they should back off and start talking about a rebate!!!
Comment by marcus — October 7, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
Carole (14): That was my first thought, but I changed my mind. Now I’m just confused. I give up!
Linus: “*Formal terms of address towards someone you’re about to insult”. Yep.
Comment by janetp — October 7, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
The meek will inherit the earth – if it’s OK with the rest of you. It’s just that the proud will already have raped it and turned into a wasteland already. So there will be nothing left to tax.
Comment by Graham Crawford — October 7, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
Is that because everyone else can afford to move somewhere better?
Comment by Miriworm — October 7, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
Are you outing me as special?
OK, someone who partakes of The Book then…
Comment by Robb — October 7, 2008 @ 10:57 pm
shush Marcus – don’t mention inheritance around the tax man. You might give him ideas.
Comment by Linus — October 8, 2008 @ 11:44 am
Doesn’t the current owner have to die for someone to inherit something? How does that work here then? Which current owner dies so they can inherit???
Comment by doctor ruth — October 8, 2008 @ 11:53 am
The current owners…. erm venture capitalists.
Although if we believe that God rules over all the earth don’t we need Nietzsche to be reincarnated so that the meek get what’s comming to them?
Comment by Robb — October 9, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
I’d laugh except that this cartoon is so true it makes me sad.
Comment by Cate — October 9, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
ah i see what you did there DrRuth, very clever. i’ve heard it said that God has planted the seeds of the gospel in every culture, but i never suspected He’d shoehorned it into even the tax system! Does that mean yo’ll have to stock the entire output of the treasury department at the library now, Timbo? Which reminds me, when does Heroes season 2 come out?
Comment by Linus — October 15, 2008 @ 11:05 pm