Cognitive Dissidents

This is a crazy story - apparently a five-pointed star was made by mistake in a new playground project - and now they are going to spend money to change it because it is a "satanic symbol".

Springfield resident Leland Rhodes said he found the design "distressing."

"There is a certain breed of individual out there who reveres such symbols, and in that context, it becomes a religious icon. In this day and age of general concern for children's welfare, especially in regard to predators, my main concern was for the crowd that it might draw," Rhodes said.

But - five pointed stars are everywhere - all over the place - are they all going to attract "certain breeds of individuals" because "it is a religious icon"?

Will Mr. Rhodes require other changes to, for example, the flag of the USA, because of the 50 five pointed stars on "Old Glory". Surely it is 50 times as likely to attact "certain breeds of individuals" and might even "draw a crowd" of "predators".

This is plain daft. Why can't a five-pointed star just be a five pointed star? - and if some new-age hippies want to burn candles - so what? it is a public park after all.

I personally find moonlit or candlelit picnics romantic and fun - I don't need a five pointed star to do it - and to spend money changing up a harmless design is just stupid - religious correctness gone mad.

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