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Originally Posted by Shreddy
Why don't you find out for yourself rather than sit there and make foolish assumptions. You're painting someone negative based on six letters that could mean ANYTHING. You have got to be kidding me that you seriously have nothing better to do but criticize someone for their choice of a vanity plate. It's people like YOU who taint society. Everyone knows that the Lakes Region economy is funded by both in-staters AND out-of-staters.
Maybe she has an immense amount of wealth, works locally to occupy her time, and truly wants people like you to "go home". However, what I have just stated is simply a "what-if" because I have no knowledge.
This topic is utterly pointless and really doesn't bring much value to this forum. I do know that vehicle is local to the area, but for all you know this car could have been someone from Southern NH and is referring to critical people like you from central NH. You have no basis for your argument without facts and your "freedom of speech" on this topic should be revoked considering is has nothing to do with Lake Winnipesaukee unless of course you want to rely on your ASSUMPTION that this person wants out of staters to go home.
Lock it, move it to the general issues forum, or delete it (my suggestion)...but this is far to pointless to keep open in the general forum.
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I am not saying anything about the individual. I have no idea who the owner of the plate is nor do I wish to know. The negativity is directed at the message, not the messenger. I am always treated with courtesy and respect when I go into Skelley's. Let's give the owner of the plate the benefit of the doubt and say it has nothing to do with non-residents; the point is that someone who came here to visit did take it as an unwelcome message and was annoyed enough to bring it to my attention. Word of mouth and social media are powerful tools to bring wanted, and unwanted, attention to an area. Some states spend millions of dollars to attract tourists. I will bring it back to the question I posed in my original post:
Is this really the message we want to be sending the people who visit our community?
Lock it down, move it, the conversation has been civil and has given me some angles I hadn't thought of. Perhaps it has done the same for others. If civil discourse that disagrees with one, but has garnered what at this time is over 1,700 views, makes everyone uncomfortable, feel free to lock it. What is the criteria for a thread to remain in general discussion, which is what I thought we were having?