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This cartoon is just muddled. If it's not principally meant to be science-bashing, why begin by saying that "Finally, the scientists could experiment freely with humans"? That "finally" (plus the happy smile on the brain-poking scientist's face, and "preyed" in the third panel) clearly assumes that scientists would be eager to try out every sick experiment one could think of, if only the rest of society would stop minding. If it's about obedience to authority, why not base the cartoon on the real-life Milgram or Zimbardo experiments instead of imagining fictional, sociopathically cruel scientists? If we're supposed to think about Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib or CIA black sites or some other real-world issue, shouldn't there at least be a teeny hint in that direction?
