Mother told to take down her Christmas lights... in case they offend her non-Christian neighbours

DailyMail.com ^ | 15th December 2008 | Daily Mail Reporter

[FTL]

A woman has spoken of how she was told to remove her Christmas lights by a housing association worker - in case they offended her non-Christian neighbors.

[FTL]

The NeoSocialist mentality on the march, world-wide as led by the American Democrat Secular Socialists and their Komrades around the world. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you...

[snarks_when_bored]

There’s no end to pre-emptive non-offensiveness...

[gracesdad]

“The NeoSocialist mentality on the march, world-wide as led by the American Democrat Secular Socialists and their Komrades around the world. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you...”

It’s perfectly clear from the article that this was one overzealous employee, while everybody else with the association and her neighbors love the decorations. She didn’t take them down and nobody else wants her to take them down. Not exactly an example of rampant “neosocialist mentality.”

[gracesdad]

“There’s no end to pre-emptive non-offensiveness...”

Really? I see no evidence she was forced to take down the decoration. In fact, it appears that everybody else is defending her.

[ryan71]

I'm offended by my neighbors who do NOT put up lights.

How's that?

[gundog]

Her assertion of private property rights might also be offensive to her non-American, non-capitalist neighbors. Inconsiderate b%tch....

[1000 silverlings]

Maybe she can put up red lights and a big red star , I bet they’d like that

[JenB987]

So this time the Christmas stuff didn’t even get a chance to offend anyone BEOFRE it all had to come down?

[Robwin]

I think the real problem here is that she didn’t add a Menorah and a Star and Crescent. If she would but do so, all would be just dandy. Cheers!

[snarks_when_bored]

So let me get this straight: you're expecting me to actually READ the articles? Whew, you're tough, man, tough.

But my point was a broad one: the slope of pre-emptive non-offensiveness is slippery indeed. It's best kept off of.

[dfwgator]

So if Halloween lights offend a non-pagan how would they court rule on that?

[Redbob]

Posted previously;
“Search” is your friend.

[SES1066]

Give a bureaucrat some police power and they will SEEK OUT places and times to use it. We have similar cases in this country by the PC crowds and the infamous ACLU who try to reduce Christmas into Midwinter Festival by intimidation and legal threats.

This gal stood her ground in the face of a over-bearing government type, kudos to her. While it was British public housing, there is still (a bit of) Castle-home concept in Jolly-Old England and the local authorities obviously sucked it in when the community reacted. Still the next time someone decorates they might tone it down and thus succumb to the PC attitudes of the most-easily-offended!

[goldfinch]

Really? I see no evidence she was forced to take down the decoration. In fact, it appears that everybody else is defending her.

Exactly. It seems like it was only one rogue city employee who was upset by her light display. The city government is supporting the woman with the light display. There are many stories of political correctness gone wild. This is not one of them.

[bamahead]

Really? I see no evidence she was forced to take down the decoration. In fact, it appears that everybody else is defending her.

Not only that, but the incident seems to have exposed the government grinch who called to tell her they were offensive, as someone who acted unilaterally and not based on neighbor complaints.

Maybe he'll get reprimanded. Of course he'll never get fired...he's a government employee.

[Lou L]

What if she just says, “they’re NOT Christmas lights,” and be done with it?

[JamesP81]

Uh oh. Already Been Posted Police strike again.

[FTL]

Yep, you’re right. Doesn’t exist and we should not be showing examples of it when it does exist.

[FTL]

LOL, best reply yet!

[FTL]

Searched prior to posting, not found under “mom+Christmas” but I take your word for it.