What's mightier the pen or the sword? (Support your answer in the comme...

mediocrebot wanted to know what you think said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:00am ET

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cengland0 said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:02am ET:

The penis mighter than the sword.

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  /giphy Sean Connery snl
  
  Edit: meh, good enough
  
  guyfromhawthorn said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:02am ET
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  mike808 said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:35am ET
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  jnicholson0619 said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 3:10am ET
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lonocat said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:03am ET:

Pulling the right sword,
Can make you King!

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werehatrack said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:06am ET:

Settled by Inigo Montoya, the sword wins.

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awk said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:08am ET:

Fundamentally, Pen Guy is probably just signing some written orders for Sword Guy to carry out.

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tweezak said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 1:06am ET:

Matthew 10:34

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- @tweezak Late again. His scheduled time was 10:30.
  
  yakkoTDI said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 4:12pm ET
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  ISWYDT
  
  chienfou said Wed, Jul 6th 2022 at 9:44am ET
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phendrick said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 1:56am ET:

I’ll trust Zorro on this one.

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katbyter said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 1:59am ET:

Both?
/image pen sword

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brennyn said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 2:51am ET:

Looks like we’ve got a lot of people that have never written with a sword.

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- @brennyn Or killed someone with a pen.
  
  rockblossom said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 7:23am ET
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jnicholson0619 said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 3:15am ET:

Joker said so…

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- @jnicholson0619 He reached up with his dead hand and signed it in his own blood.
  
  ZeroCharisma said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 10:21pm ET
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algae1221 said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 7:19am ET:

Had his name been “Sorro,” who knows if he would’ve ever tried to sign his initial with his sword.

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rockblossom said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 7:27am ET:

Depends on the situation. A sword can be mighty with the right training. But in tight spaces, I prefer a pen with a nice, sharp, steel point.

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Goofmont said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 7:52am ET:

The pen can be used to send the sword into battle

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altoidbox said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 8:23am ET:

Depends on who holds it.

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- @altoidbox I have to agree.
  
  The US Supreme Court kills with pens and probably would shoot their eyes out with swords.
  
  vorever said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 8:42am ET
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macromeh said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 11:26am ET:

Why choose when you can have both?

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dannybeans said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 11:39am ET:

“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.”
–Terry Pratchett

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f00l said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:12pm ET:

I’m up for Rock Paper Scissors now.

/giphy rock paper scissors

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earl_danger said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:47pm ET:

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f00l said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 12:56pm ET:

Well. Not yet.

Note the sculpture origin:

The bronze sculpture “Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares,” was created by Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich, and presented to the United Nations on 4 December 1959 by the Government of the USSR. The sculpture, depicting the figure of a man holding a hammer aloft in one hand and a sword in the other, which he is making into a ploughshare, is meant to symbolize man’s desire to put an end to war, and to convert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of mankind. It is located in the North Garden of the United Nations Headquarters. [October 2001]

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smartshopper2 said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 3:29pm ET:

Words are mightier than the sword, and yet actions speak louder than words. It’s a no win situation. Gimme some crayons!

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kuoh said Tue, Jul 5th 2022 at 11:14pm ET:

Hold my pencil.

KuoH

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