Just No!

The park near my house has a sign just like this one by the entrance. Without being breed specific, you would correctly take it to mean "No Dogs Allowed".

Just in case pictures don't do it for you, there is also a written notice (about 9 feet up in the air, I might add, and I will) stating what the local town council do not want in the park. It says a little something like no dogs, no fires, no violence, no camping, etc.

So.......

No dogs?

Just no to dogs?

I can take a cat in there?

How about a hamster?

Can I take a goat in there?

What about a housefly?

80 sheep?

A huge horde of stampeding wildebeest, roaming majestically around the see-saw?

A LION!

A lion and a bear?

While I'm on the subject of signs, you know those signs in car parks that say things like "Motorists! Protect Your Valuables!" or "Car Thieves Operate In This Area" or "Keep Your Valuables Out Of Sight", that sort of thing. Well have you ever seen a sign that says "Thieves! Don't steal!"? Or how about "Don't Break Into That Car!"?

There are signs that tell people not to drop litter. But have you ever seen a sign that says don't mug, rob or murder people?

And when have you ever seen a published list of laws that shouldn't be broken? Do you ever remember those lessons in school. The ones where we were taught not to harm others, steal or commit fraud? No? Me neither. There are hundreds of laws out there, yet there's never a typed list placed in front of you while growing up. Driving laws aside, you don't ever have to learn them. It's just assumed that you'll pick them up as you wander through life.

It appears that my knowledge of the law comes from watching episodes of Juliet Bravo and The Bill while growing up. Yet strangely, ignorance of the law is no defence in court. So why have "Do Not Drop Litter" signs? Just assume that people should know that they shouldn't drop litter anywhere, just like they shouldn't steal or harm others.

Signs for all or none at all.

I'm not even sure that this post is making sense anymore. I might not have thought this through. I'm half tempted to make a load of signs with various animals crossed off to add to the no dogs sign at the park.

I'll probably get arrested and deported to the new world or something, but there's no "Do not put up your own signs sign out there".