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Woman in doghouse over Jehovah's Witness sign
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| 07/28/2006
Posted on 07/28/2006 12:58:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
LONDON (Reuters) - A British woman has been ordered by police to take down a sign on her garden gate which read "Our dogs are fed on Jehovah's Witnesses."
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."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; canttakeajoke; donutwatch; freespeech; goodgrief; govwatch; jehovahswitnesses; jehovahwitness; jehovawitness; leo; pathetic; policestate
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"Here's your sign!"
To: Responsibility2nd
It could happen here........
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:00:49 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: Responsibility2nd
The whining PC nanny fascist oppressors are everywhere.
3
posted on
07/28/2006 1:02:16 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
To: Responsibility2nd
More political correctness run amok.
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:02:36 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
((Formerly known as Warthogtjm) HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Put her into the Jehovah's Witness Protection Program
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:03:45 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: Responsibility2nd
They would probably faint over our "never mind the dog. Beware of the owner" signs:')
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:04:13 PM PDT
by
CindyDawg
To: Responsibility2nd
Well the sign says "All Trespassers Will Be Shot On Sight"
So I jumped the fence and I yelled toward the house,
"Man, what gives you the right?
To put up a fence to keep me out
Or to keep Mother Nature in?"
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:04:24 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
To: Responsibility2nd
"We were informed by a member of the public who found the sign to be distressing, offensive and inappropriate," a police spokesman said. I guess Benny Hill would not have stood a chance nowadays. Is a sense of humor that dead over there?
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:04:37 PM PDT
by
beltfed308
(Nanny Statists are Ameba's.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Her late husband put the sign up more than 30 years ago when members of the church called at their house on Christmas Day
Interesting. The sign worked for thirty years!
.
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:04:42 PM PDT
by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
To: garyhope
I suppose the "Protected by Smith & Wesson" signs would throw these goobers into apoplectic shock!
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:05:05 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
To: Red Badger
She should just put up a mezuzah.
I believe mine repels JWs.
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:05:12 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(God Protect Israel.)
To: Responsibility2nd
If the government wanted you to have a sense of humor, it would have issued you one.
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:05:36 PM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Also, the:
Is there life after death? Trespass and find out
13
posted on
07/28/2006 1:05:50 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: durasell
ding, ding, ding.....
Hold your calls, folks......
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:05:56 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
To: Responsibility2nd
Face it, nobody has anything very good to say about Jehovah's witnesses. But let me make an observation.
In spite of the ridicule and rejection, they never give up witnessing their faith for God. That's why I'm always at least polite when they show up at the door.
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:07:39 PM PDT
by
Kenton
To: Responsibility2nd
Police are supposed to enforce laws, not communicate threats to sue from one citizen to another. No law could possibly have been violated here. The police are out of their legal area of activity by being involved.
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:07:54 PM PDT
by
Tax Government
(Defeat Islamic imperialists)
To: MeanWestTexan
Is there anything in it?.......
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:07:55 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: Kenton
Actually, if you catch them when they're not "on the job" they're pretty decent people. They also own about half of Brooklyn.
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:09:14 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: Responsibility2nd
I guess the Tiger pits on the left and right of the sidewalk have to go also?
What about the shotgun on a string pointed at the back door?
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:10:09 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Weapons are not toys to play with, they are tools to be used.)
To: Responsibility2nd
We have a nice little sign on our front door. My wife got it at a craft sale years ago:
No Witnessing
No Soliciting
No Kidding
More than a few times I've pointed the sign out to witnessers or solicitors.
I don't have to say a word. They just go away.
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posted on
07/28/2006 1:10:17 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
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