October_30th's Journal: I LOL'd!

Woman faces fines for wreath peace sign

DENVER - A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti- Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.

... Jensen, a past association president, calculates the fines will cost her about $1,000, and doubts they will be able to make her pay. But she said she's not going to take it down until after Christmas.

"Now that it has come to this I feel I can't get bullied," she said. "What if they don't like my Santa Claus."

Yeah, Bob. Trying to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace by hanging a peace sign on her door? The nerve of that woman. What'll she do next? Talk some nonsense about peace on earth and goodwill to men, too?

What Would Santa Do?

[BandwidthHog]

I once made a peace sign that I used for a few christmases (christmasi?). It was about 36" in diameter with (I think) 200 white lights. The construction was shoddy though, so it only lasted a few years. I’d always halfway expected to get shit for it too, in much the same way. I was kinda disappointed every year when no idiots complained. Not that my intent wasn’t sincere, it was. But I still wanted some nutjob to challenge me on it. Of course, I’ve never lived anywhere with an HOA, either. What’s that saying? “Homwowners associations are the last bastion of fascism in America.” or something close to that.

Kudos to this woman for sticking to her guns (so to speak). It’s refreshing to see somebody stand up for unpopular ideas like that.

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[Jeremiah Cornelius]

FIRST bastion... :-)

Nidkjærhet

[Ashtead]

The president who fired the entire board for disagreeing with him seems to be of the same pig-headed stock from which are drawn parking attendents that put tickets on hearses and ambulances. Nidkjærhet is the word we use here, the literal translation becomes something like "malicious complainant", which although not accurate, certainly seems to retain the gist.

Burn her she is a witch

[nizo]

....a peace sign that some say is an anti- Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.

Yep, nothing screams satan-worshipper quite like a big ol' "PEACE" sign. Maybe a large mural showing tanks rolling over Iraqi children would be more appropriate?

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[TechnoLust]

She should add an Anarchy symbol [wpclipart.com] beside it and say that now both "views" are represented.

Lame

[grub]

Homeowner Associations are a joke: spend good money on a house and it had to look like plain jane. It's like voluntary communism.