I was walking through a parking lot recently and glanced down at a familiar bumper sticker that’s been around for years.  You know the one.  It says:

QUESTION AUTHORITY

I find its tone a little presumptuous, especially considering it’s intended to promote independent thinking.  Every time I see one of them I have the same reaction:

Sticker:  QUESTION AUTHORITY
Mark:  YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME

I’ll question what I want to question, thank you very much.

But this time I noticed a delightful little detail that I enjoy even more than the inherent contradiction of the message itself.  Underneath the bold QUESTION AUTHORITY message was printed, in very small letters, the name of the company that printed the bumper sticker.

Followed by a copyright symbol.