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WOW.  When I first read the comic, I assumed it was making an analogy to current countries.  Like ones that have been invaded because of their oil reserves.  When I saw the image-text, my thought was "We can destroy time like we've destroyed these countries."  The above explanation makes a lot more sense. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 06:17, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 
WOW.  When I first read the comic, I assumed it was making an analogy to current countries.  Like ones that have been invaded because of their oil reserves.  When I saw the image-text, my thought was "We can destroy time like we've destroyed these countries."  The above explanation makes a lot more sense. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 06:17, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 
: I don't think there's a distinction. "If history has taught us anything, we can use that information to destroy it". If you destroy the country in the past, then you 'destroy' that timeline of history. (Of course, current consensus seems to be that you'd branch off into a new timeline and both will exist in parallel universes, but nonetheless - to the antagonist - it could well count as a destruction. [[Special:Contributions/220.224.246.97|220.224.246.97]] 08:50, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 
: I don't think there's a distinction. "If history has taught us anything, we can use that information to destroy it". If you destroy the country in the past, then you 'destroy' that timeline of history. (Of course, current consensus seems to be that you'd branch off into a new timeline and both will exist in parallel universes, but nonetheless - to the antagonist - it could well count as a destruction. [[Special:Contributions/220.224.246.97|220.224.246.97]] 08:50, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
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::Perhaps, but nothing I was saying was referring to time travel. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 00:47, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
  
 
The past is a foreign country most probably means his own country. You would not conquer your own country today, but the past is something totally different - it is foreign and ready for exploitation.
 
The past is a foreign country most probably means his own country. You would not conquer your own country today, but the past is something totally different - it is foreign and ready for exploitation.

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WOW. When I first read the comic, I assumed it was making an analogy to current countries. Like ones that have been invaded because of their oil reserves. When I saw the image-text, my thought was "We can destroy time like we've destroyed these countries." The above explanation makes a lot more sense. 76.106.251.87 06:17, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

I don't think there's a distinction. "If history has taught us anything, we can use that information to destroy it". If you destroy the country in the past, then you 'destroy' that timeline of history. (Of course, current consensus seems to be that you'd branch off into a new timeline and both will exist in parallel universes, but nonetheless - to the antagonist - it could well count as a destruction. 220.224.246.97 08:50, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps, but nothing I was saying was referring to time travel. 76.106.251.87 00:47, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

The past is a foreign country most probably means his own country. You would not conquer your own country today, but the past is something totally different - it is foreign and ready for exploitation.

Anyone else thinking of time travel? I think BlackHat was planning to get a time-machine (somehow), bring a whole army through and conquer a nation. It's an easier way to become a mighty overlord, ruling over continents and enslaving millions of people. World domination turn out to not impossible after all, aside from the time-travel stuff. 129.59.52.45 02:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Does this have anything to do with the previous comic (Time) ? I'm guessing (out of the blue) that the next comic will be "The Present", and the next one "The future". 193.239.192.194 12:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Did anyone think about Iraq? This comic comes quite close to the 10-year anniversary of the war, and the description of the "foreign country" quite resembles what Iraq was at the time. 88.174.44.135 19:28, 28 March 2013 (UTC)