oh my god i cant wait to look at the rest of your gallery dude

i like how you have their craniums open and empty, just like the brainless folks of today's society... i hate to be harsh that way, but i believe it to be true.

Just be careful that when you judge society, you remember to include yourself in the judgment. As much as we may detest what is happening in the world, you and I still partly responsible.

to be honest, i thought about it when i posted in, included myself. i have done things that conform to the brainlessness of society or the parts in which i believe i fit in.

Although I partially agree with you, I don't think much blame rests on people who make an honest effort to avoid participation. Especially given that the problems we face today have been coming for decades...and multiple prior generations have been warned about the consequences of their actions. Those same generations have gone on to ignore those warnings, as most still do today. I would say individuals are less to blame than the culture that has been encouraged (and even forced upon the less well off and/or well educated) as a rule over years and years.
Some are more guilty than others, of course, and we all carry a bit of the blame...but passing judgment on society as a whole doesn't make one a part of it.

(Sorry if this wasn't meant to start a longass discussion. I've a big mouth.)

Well I agree with you partly. The means I speak of are not just for the sake of humility -- but also to avoid making any debate aggressive.

It's very difficult to reach a consensus on how to stop ignoring problems if the discussion sounds like you are blaming other parties for those problems. Example: YOU'RE always causing 'X'; YOU are the ones who made 'X', I can't fix what YOU broke --and so on. It puts people on defensive; turns a debate into discussions of who must take blame for what.

Me? I'd take blame for it all -- if people would give me the means to try to fix anything afterward.

True, and I don't mean that laying blame is necessarily a good debate (or discussion) tactic; it tends to turn things ugly faster than simply stating the problems and what needs to be done to fix them.

However, in some very real sense, certain institutions purposefully cause certain problems so that they can benefit, and one of the best ways to go about solving said problems is simply to reveal that to people.
E.g., the USDA giving in to political pressure by the Cattlemen's Association and American Meat Institute regarding the wording of health guidelines given to Americans since the seventies. It's not playing the blame game to point out facts that have bearing on the situation.

Not that that's what was happening above. It just occurred to me that blame can play an important role in political discussion if only because it needs to be mentioned to get to the root of many corrupt practices. Shouting "you caused this" is another matter.

The yellows in this are absolutely gorgeous.

"Funny how both sides of the political spectrum use this term"

That's probably because it applies to both sides, at least in part, if not mostly.

Hrmmm I used to have this image somewhere in my colelction. Also referenced by several of my friends too. Nice to see the source again.