Posted on 10/28/2007 8:14:26 PM PDT by rawhide
A Halloween display with gruesome images of human decapitation and a baby being grilled on a barbecue has some Ohio residents horrified.
Starr Chesebrough and his girlfriend, Laurie Brown, of West Chester, Ohio, are responsible for the display, which has led to numerous complaints to police and zoning officials.
A Halloween display with gruesome images of human decapitation and a baby being grilled on a barbecue has some Ohio residents horrified.
A baby doll roasting on a barbecue has some residents of West Chester, Ohio, horrified about a Halloween display (WLWT-TV)
Starr Chesebrough and his girlfriend, Laurie Brown, of West Chester, Ohio, are responsible for the display, which has led to numerous complaints to police and zoning officials.
"Having a baby in a grill, that's kind of vulgar," one area resident told Cincinnati's WLWT-TV.
Another said, "You've got to think about what the kids' reactions are gonna be to that. How do you explain that to a little child?"
The complaints to police have been anonymous, and Brown says she was surprised to learn there was any concern, as she and her boyfriend have had similar displays up every year.
Despite the outcry from some, Chesebrough says the display is staying.
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Erect a Planned Parenthood sign and all will be well.
Thats just mean,why can’t they use Barbie instead.
Uhm ... the same way we have been explaning scary Halloween things to children for generations.
The wussification of this country continues.
Meanwhile Walgreens and other mainstream stores now have some pretty grotesque novelties on sale at Halloween too.
It’s where the culture is.
At least it doesn’t sound like it is being staged as a political protest.
Fresh babyKabob!
Don’t forget the blackening powder!
Tasty Babies!!!!
Don’t put a noose around it and you’ll be fine.
Don't freak out. They're only made from dolls. And the artist sells every last one of them. Go to the morgue and click to see past dolls for some examples of his artwork.
Until the 70’s married people on TV slept in twin beds. Every part of public life was G-rated including Halloween.
This is the first generation of children (since abortion was legalized) to see such things.
FGS, people are calling the police because of a doll. The folks who put up these decorations may be guilty of bad taste/poor judgment in the minds of some, but by any standard they are not committing a crime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThnUmWRCCs
Ooh Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
You were in high school by then.
In case you missed my meaning, I was giving an example of how everything was G-rated in public as late as the 70's.
Generations of children have not seen displays of barbecued infants in the neighbors yard.
I supposed that is one of the sad things about a collapsing civilization, no one realizes how far we have fallen.
That is not what Halloween is about. There were cultures that sacrificed babies by burning them alive and I find this very disgusting and inappropriate. What a horrible devaluing of human life. Burns are the worst thing someone can experience too. It’s nothing to joke about.
Have you not ever been to a haunted, scary house setup during Halloween? I have been to church-sponsored haunted house displays that have frightening figures hanging and monsters depicted throughout.
Personally, I don't think that a barbequing baby is appropriate, but the display is certainly not illegal and folks calling the police is ridiculous. What the heck ever happened to neighbors talking to their neighbors about things without involving officials that supposedly have serious work to do.
And, btw, my first exposure to the headless horseman was much earlier than high school. And I did certainly understand your example, I just don't think your comparison had anything to do with the subject matter at hand, i.e., a Halloween display. IMHO it has little to do with g-ratings of the past.
Try very hard to learn.
We began to treat children badly as soon as we started aborting babies.
Just because you were allowed to be scared as a child does not mean that you should roll over and let your neighbors create a baby barbecue on the front lawn for your children to see.
What you will get doing it your way, is children who don’t even think the history of the Holocaust is a big deal. After all, it’s fun to look at that stuff - mommy said so.
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