There is this woman in Colorado who's being sued for displaying a peace symbol on her home—it's very weird.
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.
Well, it is a peace symbol, you know, so it is rather abstractly against the Iraq war. There was also this long-dead Jewish rabbi that some people call the "Prince of Peace", and I understand he's having a holiday sometime soon…I wonder if the homeowner's association will be policing the housing development for Christian symbols, too? Probably. These guys do sound hardcore.
I've never heard of the peace symbol being associated with Satan. I think someone's making stuff up. Couldn't they have just said it was a symbol for those damned dirty long-haired hippies, and left it at that?
Also, look at this: it's pathetic.
Here, let me show you how it's done. I think she needs to escalate.
This is a house down the street from me, here in the red state wilderness of western Minnesota. This display has been up every year that I've been here—that peace symbol must be about 12 feet in diameter.
See? That's how you flaunt a peace symbol. It makes me feel a little better every time I walk by it.
Ah, the power of the news and internet. The tinpot dictators realized that they were looking like pathetic, petty wankers to the entire world, and they've withdrawn their demands. I think Mr Kearns, the Homeowners Association GOD, has received a spanking.
None of the three members of the board in the scenic town 270 miles southwest of Denver was available for comment late Monday. Kearns and colleague Jeff Heitz both had their phone numbers changed to unlisted numbers Monday. Tammy Spezze, the third board member, did not return a call seeking comment.