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This may look like a row of skeletons to you... (Original Post) Mira Jun 2012 OP
k&r... spanone Jun 2012 #1
An interesting and unique take on the subject. randome Jun 2012 #2
k&r DocMac Jun 2012 #3
A picture of the brain would be good as well bhikkhu Jun 2012 #4
K and R (nt) bigwillq Jun 2012 #5
K&R azurnoir Jun 2012 #6
I guess a female skeleton would ruin Ilsa Jun 2012 #7
Please, I want this as a bumper sticker! peacebird Jun 2012 #8
Ask and you shall receive Mira Jun 2012 #13
A wonderful visual interpretation of oneness. We are all the same. Avalux Jun 2012 #9
Yep, this visual says it all. nevergiveup Jun 2012 #10
We're all bones and red meat........... PDJane Jun 2012 #11
K&R DeSwiss Jun 2012 #12
Hee! Kaleko Jun 2012 #14
<giggling> evilhime Jun 2012 #18
The republican skeleton needs to have this look: Tyrs WolfDaemon Jun 2012 #15
Lol, that's a keeper. Kaleko Jun 2012 #16
Excellent comment!!!! evilhime Jun 2012 #17
I think this falls under the "purple people" argument, actually Scootaloo Jun 2012 #19
I fully see -and agree with- the points you raise. Mira Jun 2012 #20
My two cents.... whyzayker Jun 2012 #21

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
7. I guess a female skeleton would ruin
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 11:15 PM
Jun 2012

the picture. But I think one should be included.

I love the concept, though. Sorry to find fault.

Mira

(22,378 posts)
13. Ask and you shall receive
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 12:37 AM
Jun 2012

I make Bumperstickers for a living (along with other types of signage)
If you pm me your address I'll send you one once I have them done. I may put the thing LARGE across the back of my truck's tailgate.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
9. A wonderful visual interpretation of oneness. We are all the same.
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 11:22 PM
Jun 2012

The world would be an entirely different place if human beings focused on our similarities instead of our differences.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
19. I think this falls under the "purple people" argument, actually
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 04:28 PM
Jun 2012

You know, when someone says "I'm not racist at all! I don't care if you're black white, yellow, or purple with pink polka dots!"

On the face of it, it seems like a "color blind" argument. And perhaps the person's heart is in the right place. But... There are no purple people. There are no polka-dot people. Lumoing them in with the actual shades of humanity ends up being a dismissive gesture, like "oh, you're some wacky creature, too!" and it avoids an honest discussion on the impact and meaning of race in someone's life. It pretends that the only issue is skin shade, and not the cultural complications that erupt around race and ethnicity.

Same with this image. I'm sure the author of it means well, as do the people on this thread. But... people aren't skeletons running around all looking alike; and if we were, there'd still be divisions between gay / straight, religious / atheist, and other nonphysical considerations, wouldn't there?

"Everyone's exactly the same" is a bad argument for equality. Because we're NOT all the same. That's the point of the concept of equality. That all be treated as equal human beings, with their many and myriad differences recognized and accepted as part of who they are.

Mira

(22,378 posts)
20. I fully see -and agree with- the points you raise.
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 04:43 PM
Jun 2012

Indeed I do, it's cerebral, and inclusive of humanity's diversity which is of course augmented by the differences in the human experience.

The point of the skeletons is a different more basic one. And I think the stark and startling depiction of another truth is worthwhile, and immediately stimulates contemplation.

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