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Old 05-22-2011, 08:49 PM  
kane
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I don't know why anyone running a business would post any kind of political stuff in their windows. Regardless of what position you take you are going to piss off someone which could cost you customers.

If you piss the wrong person off it could end up hurting you badly business wise or they could go into a rage and attack you.

Case in point. The town I grew up in was a small town that was mainly a logging town. When I was a teenager the lawsuits started over the spotted owl which shut down a lot of logging. Most people in town were very much against any kind of spotted owl conservation. One bar owner put a sign in his window that simply said "The Owls Were Here First." Within a few months he was under investigation and eventually had his liquor license put on hold. He was told by a few different city council members they would fight to their dying breath to revoke his liquor license. The guy ended up selling the bar, but at about half what it was probably worth all because he put a sign in his window.
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