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A couple of years ago, I had a lot of fun when a certain vocal minority created a media-driven uproar over the planned opening of Annabelle’s Adult Super Center. Despite the fact that this business couldn’t have picked a more obscure location, these idiots whined and whined about how this business would lead to high crimes and moral decay. They even threw in the “what about the children” defense, despite the fact that few residential homes were within blocks of the facility.
Despite the uproar, the business was not violating any local ordinances, and opened as planned. Of course, the world didn’t end. With the exception of some added chuckles at a few silly bachelorette parties, little has changed in the years since.
History is now repeating itself as a similar store, Olivia’s, recently opened a mile or so outside of Tea. Again, we’re hearing how this discretely decorated business is going to be the ruin of thousands of people who don’t live anywhere near the retailer.
According to a recent story in the daily paper, somehow this little store is going to encourage “sexual predation, (devalue) property and” (this is the one that kills me) “(encourage) drunken driving”.
What? How does a store that sells lingerie, massagers, candles, and DVD’s encourage drunk driving? Is there something in the air in that store that turns an otherwise sober person into a raging drunk? (Raging may not have been the proper word to use there – hehehe). I’m sure the idiotic explanation is that people may decide to go check out the store after indulging in a few drinks, but how does that differ from people who have the sudden urge to hit the Fryin’ Pan after a night on the town, or a quick run to a convenience store for smokes? Exactly, there is no difference, and these morons are stretching to make that connection.
It gets worse. Leave it to my friends at KELO to interview probably the dopiest person in Lincoln County. In a story aired last week, Tasha Weber had this to say about Olivia’s – “It just upsets me because then I have to explain to my kids every time we drive to town, they ask what that is, I have to explain to them and I don’t want that environment around my children”. Ugh.
Besides the fact that this woman needs to learn proper English, this is the dopiest comment I’ve ever heard. As Todd Epp comments on his S.D. Watch blog, “this prompts several questions…are your kids stupid and you have to repeat your explanation to them over and over again? Why are you driving by the store so much? What do you tell your kids when you drive by a bar? A casino? A cigarette outlet? Those are all things that aren’t good for you but, like sex toys, are legal”.
Epp’s conclusion – if they’re obeying the law, “get over it. No one is forcing you to go in. Avert your eyes when you drive by. It’s not like people are having an orgy out in the open”. Not that there would be anything wrong with that.
I really don’t understand at all why people are so fired up by the existence of this store. Annabelle’s, which is loosely affiliated with Olivia’s, is very tastefully and discretely decorated and furnished, and the majority of the products sold can be found at “regular” retailers. Even Target sells “personal massagers”. The owners of both of these stores have also purposely kept their locations far away from churches, school, and residential neighborhoods.
Plus, even the most religious family has sex. Well, the healthy ones do. There’s a reason these products are called “marital aids”. They’re primarily designed to enhance a couple’s sex life. There’s absolutely nothing depraved at spicing up what goes on when the lights are off. Not that I would know anything about that...unfortunately.
Despite the uproar, the business was not violating any local ordinances, and opened as planned. Of course, the world didn’t end. With the exception of some added chuckles at a few silly bachelorette parties, little has changed in the years since.
History is now repeating itself as a similar store, Olivia’s, recently opened a mile or so outside of Tea. Again, we’re hearing how this discretely decorated business is going to be the ruin of thousands of people who don’t live anywhere near the retailer.
According to a recent story in the daily paper, somehow this little store is going to encourage “sexual predation, (devalue) property and” (this is the one that kills me) “(encourage) drunken driving”.
What? How does a store that sells lingerie, massagers, candles, and DVD’s encourage drunk driving? Is there something in the air in that store that turns an otherwise sober person into a raging drunk? (Raging may not have been the proper word to use there – hehehe). I’m sure the idiotic explanation is that people may decide to go check out the store after indulging in a few drinks, but how does that differ from people who have the sudden urge to hit the Fryin’ Pan after a night on the town, or a quick run to a convenience store for smokes? Exactly, there is no difference, and these morons are stretching to make that connection.
It gets worse. Leave it to my friends at KELO to interview probably the dopiest person in Lincoln County. In a story aired last week, Tasha Weber had this to say about Olivia’s – “It just upsets me because then I have to explain to my kids every time we drive to town, they ask what that is, I have to explain to them and I don’t want that environment around my children”. Ugh.
Besides the fact that this woman needs to learn proper English, this is the dopiest comment I’ve ever heard. As Todd Epp comments on his S.D. Watch blog, “this prompts several questions…are your kids stupid and you have to repeat your explanation to them over and over again? Why are you driving by the store so much? What do you tell your kids when you drive by a bar? A casino? A cigarette outlet? Those are all things that aren’t good for you but, like sex toys, are legal”.
Epp’s conclusion – if they’re obeying the law, “get over it. No one is forcing you to go in. Avert your eyes when you drive by. It’s not like people are having an orgy out in the open”. Not that there would be anything wrong with that.
I really don’t understand at all why people are so fired up by the existence of this store. Annabelle’s, which is loosely affiliated with Olivia’s, is very tastefully and discretely decorated and furnished, and the majority of the products sold can be found at “regular” retailers. Even Target sells “personal massagers”. The owners of both of these stores have also purposely kept their locations far away from churches, school, and residential neighborhoods.
Plus, even the most religious family has sex. Well, the healthy ones do. There’s a reason these products are called “marital aids”. They’re primarily designed to enhance a couple’s sex life. There’s absolutely nothing depraved at spicing up what goes on when the lights are off. Not that I would know anything about that...unfortunately.
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Please keep in mind that this isn't just a store, but also contains private viewing booths that is a bigger concern.
http://www.communitydefense.org/cdcdocs/landuse/secondaryeffects.html
http://www.communitydefense.org/cdcdocs/health/publichealth.html
Submitted by a concerned citizen of Tea. (A parent and property owner.)
Despite NO residences near the area, and a complete lack of zoning restrictions to prevent it, our City Council went to work to try to enact some quick zoning changes that would stop Dr. John's from opening.
It turned out that the owner of Dr. Johns has experience with the law (he opened the store from the inside of a jail), and was able to successfully sue the city for $500,000+ for violating his rights.
The world hasn't ended, the strip mall is still full of stores, and I know I chuckle when I see the giant pink and purple phallic sign erected in front of this store, paid for mostly by Sioux City taxpayers.
But, here in America people have a right to do what they want, as long as it doesn't cause injury to others.
If you don't like the place, don't go in. I know I won't go into the new church, But they continue to come by and bother me and invite me in. I dought Olivias sends people around to houses to invite then into a store you don't want to go into.
Olivias does not try to force you to come into its place, unlike others.