Congratulations bud.

Congrats!!

as a teacher, it is your responsibility to impart knowledge. to claim to have taught and in the next moment claim you cannot guarantee understanding... well, maybe you need to work a bit more. so, anarchy? would you work? would your society have garbage disposal? have you read Utopia? watch the animals... there is order among all species that survive. there is a hierarchy within any social structure. Anarchy is something that most idealistic youth have the opportunity to toss about due to the rules and societal structures that provided them their electricity, sanitation, bread, and hugs, so that they could spew ideologies read from blogs on the internet (also provided by the structured working class) and say whoa is me i am not free. with freedom comes responsibility. when you learn this, you will move to other ideologies. Anarchy is a fun thought for the irresponsible!

*giggle, snort* If you say so

You taught something? Not really...you served as a reminder that thanks to the First Amendment, citizens are free to spout drivel without fear of reprisal, though.

Ohhhhhh, now, now. You're starting to backtrack. Your psuedo-revolutionary rhetoric may make a nice smokescreen for some, but you neglect to address any of the points I raised. I'm an "American loyalist?" You know nothing about me or my beliefs. And, your IP is from Florida, for goodness' sakes. You have FAR more of a right to refuse to do certain things in America, than you do in most parts of the world. If you can point to a country that has the Nirvana of perfection you seem to dream of, I'd be interested in hearing about it. Unfortunately for your vision, human nature prevents it on any large scale. Somalia is a good example of what happens with anarchy, but you don't seem to want to move to your dreamland there. Nobody, anywhere is COMPLETELY free (by your definition). You might want to read about "Social Contracts" from Locke et al. We accept certain restrictions and authority to gain the benefits of civilization. If you don't want those advantages, then go somewhere that doesn't have the social contract (like Somalia). But having complete freedom (by your definition) and the benefits of society at the same time cannot happen. Nice poster, though.

While I certainly would never hold the US up as an example of a perfect society, anarchy would be further from perfection than it. But your own statements imply the contradictory impossibility of what you dream of. Utopian societies only work on a tiny scale (like some hippy communes in the 60's). You aren't truly naive enough to believe there are no people in your "movement" who are greedy, or bullies etc., are you? And, as Andrew Young pointed out with the laughably unsuccessful Occupy Wallstreet demonstrations, there is a difference between an expression and a movement. Let's see... how many laws changed about banking and Wallstreet? Zero. How many crooks from the banking crisis sent to jail in the US? Zero. But, this "movement" you allude to, if it actually exists, is contradictory to what you purport to want. A "movement," by definition, implies structure, which in turn, has hierarchy. Hierarchy means different levels of influence, which is another term for power. So, your anarchy is simply another term for substituting one power structure for another. You say that "if I'm smart, there may still be time to get on board" for your movement. What will happen to me if I don't? Your movement will do something bad to me? What's the difference (for me) whether the status quo does something bad to me, or if your movement does? Sounds like your movement is every bit as bad as what you declare to hate. And of course, there's the obvious flaw that if I go by your definition I can just kill you and take your stuff. What happens to interstate commerce? We know there are children in our country who don't get enough to eat. How will anarchy get them food? Because of course food is power. Even if you manage to get things organized to take food to them, there's nothing stopping people from hijacking the trucks and hoarding the food. I'm sure fuel and it's shipping will work out great.

Of course, it'd be very easy for you to put your money where your mouth is. Simply move somewhere that already has anarchy. You could move to Somalia. They have no recognizable government (the UN controls, literally, about 3 city blocks). There's no power structure to tell them they can't do whatever they want. I'm sure you'd be welcomed with open arms, and you could enjoy anarchy to your heart's content. Be sure to send us a postcard! Oh wait. That's right, they don't have any working postal service.

your "freedom" ends where mine begins! be alone or be responsible!

You state "i live with a constant threat of violence against me for the things i say and believe." In my world your rights would be protected. In your definition of freedom: "the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint." Those wishing to harm you are just exercising their freedom... or do you qualify that definition for your own purposes?

This isn't the proper venue to discuss this subject and I won't continue to do so. I suggest you study the nature of the human animal and how the societies evolved and what motivated their development. In knowledge there is truth.

I'm quite sure that an academician of kyricom's stature has a thorough knowledge of the meaning of freedom. A democratic society protects the individual freedom of it's populace. Anarchy offers no protection for anyone and would always leads to the suffering of the multitudes and the rise of the most powerful. There is no perfect society as yet but without a country like the USA fascists and dictators would rule and you couldn't make the statements that you have.

Although there's a difference between freedom and anarchy. Freedom protects the rights of the minority, while anarchy doesn't. But, the poster's right in the sense that you can't recognize beauty if you've never seen anything ugly.

Congrats! and good to see you back

U dun gud, grats.

excellent entry.

good job congratulations bubba

Congratulations on the 1st place!

very cool label

lol chicken shot! Looks like a wild night in the kitchen to me and i would throw him n the pot :P
good capture.

I hope he was not headed for a pot. Great Shot.

Great capture but what kind of hillbilly crap is this?....lol great humor!

Man, this would really freak out my wife. She's terrified of chickens/roosters. nice catch, but wish all the wing was in.

the smileys tells it all

Nice Job Congrats on First Place Win!

cute one!

wow this is so cute Razor! congrats on ur win!!

congrats in advance lol

very beautiful drawing author i like it very much
high vote and fav for you man

good work

cute

Where's Sunday to make this a "whole week?"

This came out well, good job.

Well author.... you'd better be a good boy .... wonderful shot...

I want one for XMAS... hehehe

Great choice of source image!

Nice author...I like the cropped version much better, now it really pulls attention to the business end of the gun.

lmao yes honey and I fed the kids and done your laundry
Dang nice shot Author

Can't see his head... it's too camoflaged

Nice balance and DOF, the only problem with this is your back ground is VERY distracting from an otherwise good image. Even though the BG is oof, the various colors and shapes really distract from the subject...try shooting this on a less distracting, simpler Bg and you just may have a winner here.

Nice logo,good luck

It is a nice logo..... and a good work. GL author.

ataboy!

Very good taste, GL!

Real nice use of the textures, good piece of art . You ought to make prints and sell 'em.

EXCELLENT!!!! and wonderfully awesome!!!

my last date? Good Luck!! hehe

Really scaring face, GL!

interesting work author...gl

Great work author...well done

Nice! GL!