Mr. Lucky's signs (written about in my last post) got me to thinking ...
Just what signs have you seen that stand out... that make you wonder... that say something more about who we are?
American Public Media, my employer, produces everything from news stories for the statewide Minnesota Public Radio network to national programs like Marketplace and Speaking of Faith.
And APM likes to reach out to the public for story ideas and angles. The effort - Public Insight Journalism - is where I toil. We do it a number of ways including survey forms on topics.
So how about this topic - what signs do you see in your day-to-day life that make you pause. We're looking for signs that give not only their overt message, but maybe tell us something more about our current state.
Mr. Lucky's sign surely says something more about our world (especially after the Supreme Court has begun changing gun rights)
So what about you? What are the signs with meaning in your life?
Why not share the story ... maybe to a large audience, and help us get at the state of our society through unique storytelling.
If you're game just click this link. The survey you'll see starts like this....
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Comments: 3
The signs that bug me are the signs that Minnesota business and organizations have at their entrance that say "No guns permited in this business".
What it is telling me is that there are no legal gun owners on site. It tells me that everyone in there is a sitting duck at the mercy of someone who disaobeyed the sign.
What makes you think that a gang banger or a thug is not going to bring a gun in "because they have a sign"? What makes you think that a gang banger or thug would not rob or hold someone at gunpoint "because they have a sign". What makes you think that some drugged up desparate guy wouldn't hold the place up "because they have a sign"? What happens when that thug doesn't speak english? So shouldn't they have the sign in Spanish, Hmong, and Somali? Or, are non-english speakers not a threat? What happens when english speaking illiterates are confronted with the sign?
The signs bug me because they are so naive.