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Residents of Oregon town say shape of traffic posts is offensive (OF COURSE there's a picture)
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| July 6, 2007
| Melica Johnson
Posted on 07/06/2007 1:43:49 PM PDT by Stoat
Residents of Oregon town say shape of traffic posts is offensive
Story Published: Jul 6, 2007 at 8:20 AM PDT Story Updated: Jul 6, 2007 at 9:06 AM PDT
By Melica Johnson and KATU Web Staff
KEIZER, Ore. - The City of Keizer is taking heat for installing a group of cement posts designed to protect pedestrians from cars, but which some say is a phallic symbol.
A total of 52 of the posts were installed at a busy intersection in Keizer and they are getting a lot of second glances.
A number of residents have complained to the city that the posts resemble male genitalia.
"I can't disagree with that," said City Manager Chris Eppley. "They certainly did not turn out the way we anticipated."
According to Eppley, the posts were ordered from a catalog and looked much different on paper.
"They're a standard style," Eppley said. "I think in the right context they look fine. They just happened not to (look fine) here."
The city is looking into retrofitting the posts with metal collars and chains that run between them, which they hope will change the look. If not, they said the posts will have to go.
"If that fix doesn't work and I still think they look inappropriate, we'll have wasted $20,000 and we'll have to do something different," Eppley said.
Of course, the city could always keep them up and use them for sex education, at least according to one woman we spoke to. "My son said he wanted to hang a sign on it that says 'always use protection,'" she said.
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KEYWORDS: keizer; militantfeminism; oregon; trafficposts
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When garishly-colored, giant representations of female genitalia are proudly hung outside of theaters hosting "The Vagina Monologues", anyone who objects is instantly labeled "hateful", "anti-woman", "heterosexist" etc. etc.
However, it seems that anyone who has an objection to something that only looks like male genitalia if you have an EXTREMELY wild imagination is taken quite seriously and any objections to it are treated with the gravest respect.
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:43:52 PM PDT
by
Stoat
To: All
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:44:09 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:45:23 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
I was the model for those posts — actual size. I am cursed freak of nature.
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:46:01 PM PDT
by
avacado
To: Stoat
You can find this kind of symbolism anywhere you look for it.
To: Stoat
What do you think Muslim spirals on buildings, the Pope’s hat, and a hundred other relgious symbols signify, and that’s just religion.
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:46:27 PM PDT
by
KingLiberty
(As 12th Imam I declare 'Give me liberty or give me. . . twins would be nice.')
To: Stoat
Some of those people in Keester Oregon have got over-active imaginations.
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:46:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: Stoat
It no more looks like a phallic symbol than the Washington Monument. Some people have a really warped imagination.
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:47:08 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: Stoat
I guess I have an extremely wild imagination! Our local library put up these same thingies. I pointed them out to my wife, and she cracked up!
To: Stoat
Looks more like a .22 cal rimfire to me.
To: Stoat
These people need to get a life.
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:47:41 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
To: Stoat; mikrofon; martin_fierro
Sometimes a post is just a post.
To: Stoat
“The city is looking into retrofitting the posts with metal collars and chains that run between them, “
That would be the “San Francisco style.”
To: Stoat
I think some people thrive on being offended. (rolling eyes)
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:49:03 PM PDT
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: avacado
Yeah I noticed they have no balls.
To: Stoat
Looks like a .38 slug to me.
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:49:22 PM PDT
by
expatguy
(Support - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I guess I have an extremely wild imagination!That's why you're so beloved as an Honored FReeper :-)
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:49:26 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: taxcontrol
So does mine....long rifle mind you!
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:49:38 PM PDT
by
yobid
To: Stoat
People who take offense at things like this are normally paranoid busybodies with way too much time on their hands. However, in this case, I’m thinking they have a point. Those things really are just wrong.
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:50:00 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -Mencken)
To: Stoat
Circumcision is the answer!
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posted on
07/06/2007 1:50:01 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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