In the good ol’ days of America Freedom of Speech was a concept enshrined and valued highly – along with slavery. Now it seems that speech should not be expressed so freely, at least in Christmas – sorry, ‘Holiday’ – wreath form. In Colorado a local residents association wants to fine a woman $25 a day for hanging a wreath in the shape of the ‘satanic’ peace symbol of CND. The homeowner, to her credit, intends not to bow to this act of festive oppression.
I look forward to watching the South Park episode that is bound to come from this. Or the revisions to the PATRIOT act forbidding such acts of evil.
[From metafilter]
A long-defunct record shop here in this conservative industrial town put a peace symbol, made of tree branches, and bordered in thorns, in their display window. No threats and few complaints that I was aware of. But then again, it was 1971…
A long-defunct record shop here put a peace symbol, made of tree branches, and bordered in thorns in their display window. No threats and few complaints that I was aware of. But it was 1971…
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Didn’t mean for multiple posts to appear. Blogger’s up to its old tricks again…