Comic Transcript
ALICE: Hi big brother! I’m no my way to another PIRATE act planning meeting and just wanted to stop by and say hello.
ALEX: Have you decided exactly how you’re going to make money off of that yet?
ALICE: Oh, yes. Basically we’re going to use double jeopardy.
ALEX: What?
ALICE: “Double Jeopardy” is when you try someone twice for the same crime. You can’t do that in a criminal court, but you can in civil court.
ALEX: So?
ALICE: So if the PIRATE Act passes, we’ll pay close attention whenever the government brings a civil suit against one of our customers. If they win, we’ll consider that a go-ahead for suing that customer for the same thing… only for a much, much higher amount.
(Silence.)
ALICE: You don’t seem to appreciate the simplicity and brilliance of this plan.
ALEX: Sorry. I was distracted by the sound of the legal system throwing itself off a bridge in despair.
