NEW RULE

A NEW RULE

No more offense by proxy.

No more calling in to complain about "someone might be offended". If you are not directly offended, SHUT UP. Let someone who is ACTUALLY IS offended do the complaining for themselves.

All complaints by those calling to complain "for the sake of others" (e.g. Christians who ask that Christmas decoration be taken down at City Hall) will be summarily ignored.

See the Third story on FoxNews' Tongue Tied column.

Glenview Grumps

Firefighters in a Chicago suburb were told to take down the Christmas decorations inside their firehouse because some residents complained that they were offensive, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

Some residents of Glenview said that because the firehouse is a public building, the decorations improperly cross the line between church and state. The decorations were inside but visible from the street.

The firefighters had decorated the outside of the firehouse earlier in the season, but were told to remove those as well.

"We need to serve all our residents and customers, and we had been receiving calls from citizens who were not happy seeing what they perceived to be Christmas or Christian decorations on a particular firehouse," said Janet Spector Bishop, a spokeswoman for the village.

Do they residents of this "village" honestly think that the firefighters will only serve those village people (sorry, couldn't resist) who are Christian? That they will let a Muslim house or a Jewish house burn down? Are they truly that stupid?

And one last question: by making these firefighters take their decorations down, do they now feel comfortable that the firefighters are MORE inclined to help them out? My guess is that the firefighters would have performed their duty either way . . . just now they may have a bit of hard feelings toward those who would deny them THEIR cultural traditions.

PS: When was the last time a call came into the firestation that said "Jewish house on 5th street on fire"?