Post by: K Frame on July 28, 2006, 07:05:57 AM
Janet Grove, who owns a terrier puppy called Rabbit, insisted the sign was a gentle joke to discourage callers at her front door.
Her late husband put the sign up more than 30 years ago when members of the church called at their house on Christmas Day.
But police were forced to act after receiving a complaint.
"We were informed by a member of the public who found the sign to be distressing, offensive and inappropriate," a police spokesman said. "Officers attended the address and the sign was voluntarily taken down."
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 28, 2006, 07:33:54 AM
Post by: BozemanMT on July 28, 2006, 08:01:27 AM
Quote from: JamisJockey
So does my sign saying "Missionaires shot on sight" offend anyone?
i don't knowwhat's a missionaire?
Post by: K Frame on July 28, 2006, 08:02:50 AM
Bad spelling?
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 28, 2006, 09:02:02 AM
Post by: cosine on July 28, 2006, 09:05:48 AM
Post by: BozemanMT on July 28, 2006, 09:06:30 AM
darn, cosine beat me to it.
Post by: The Rabbi on July 28, 2006, 01:26:51 PM
Anyway, the incident happened in Britain where no lunacy is too great. People were offended. Big furry deal.
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 28, 2006, 01:50:40 PM
"Our dogs are fed on Wiccans."
"Our dogs are fed on Buddhist nudists."
"Our dogs are fed on Coptic Bahai Dervishes."
"Our dogs are fed on secular humanist uber-psycho-rationalist libertarians."
Are these the same thing, or does the door-to-door proselytizing element have to be there? I don't want to be home when the third groups come a-callin', though. Could be unsettling. I'd prefer a visit from the Apathetic Agnostic Society. Why don't they ever come to my neighborhood?
Post by: Strings on July 28, 2006, 01:55:56 PM
Post by: The Rabbi on July 28, 2006, 01:59:30 PM
Quote from: fistful
"Our dogs are fed on Jews."
"Our dogs are fed on Wiccans."
"Our dogs are fed on Buddhist nudists."
"Our dogs are fed on Coptic Bahai Dervishes."
"Our dogs are fed on secular humanist uber-psycho-rationalist libertarians."
Are these the same thing, or does the door-to-door proselytizing element have to be there? I don't want to be home when the third groups come a-callin', though. Could be unsettling. I'd prefer a visit from the Apathetic Agnostic Society. Why don't they ever come to my neighborhood?
A person can be an ignorant jerk and proclaim it to the world. But that isnt a criminal offense.
"Our dogs are fed on Wiccans."
"Our dogs are fed on Buddhist nudists."
"Our dogs are fed on Coptic Bahai Dervishes."
"Our dogs are fed on secular humanist uber-psycho-rationalist libertarians."
Are these the same thing, or does the door-to-door proselytizing element have to be there? I don't want to be home when the third groups come a-callin', though. Could be unsettling. I'd prefer a visit from the Apathetic Agnostic Society. Why don't they ever come to my neighborhood?
Post by: 280plus on July 28, 2006, 07:42:23 PM
Post by: roo_ster on July 29, 2006, 02:26:13 PM
With my luck, I would open the door to this guy
swirlling off his robes to display his holy backside to the sunshine.
I, too, would prefer the Apathetic Agnostics, if they ever cared enough to show up.
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 29, 2006, 08:33:01 PM
I asked the Apathetic Agnostics when they would be calling in my neighborhood - they said nobody knows and they don't care to find out.