How do you feel about a store on Public Square that sells romantic toys?

 

 

 

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  • Michelle

    I think people need to get out of 1950′s thinking.This is 2010…. They have always wanted Mount Vernon to be a retirement community,and heaven for bid we would have a adult store here..People need to grow up……..I am a independent consultant for a Adult Home Toy party company….You have a chose go in the store or dont go in the store….It is not going to make a difference in a person that does sex crimes ,they are going to rape women and children any ways they are sick nasty people.We have 120 convicted sex offenders in knox county right now and there is not a adult store,SO the store is not going to make it worse..

  • Jeff

    I say sure, If your worried about children…I am sure it will be 21 or 18 to enter…..Let it be

  • idiots

    Has no one seen the vibrators and male rings that our local Walmart sells, go back to Health and Beauty right next to the Tampons and you will see them.

    This place sounds more like a small version of “Victoria’s Secret” what is the big deal.

  • Debi

    Bring it on.. What is wrong with an adult store there.. as long as kids are not permitted there and they are nothing like the Lyons Den it would be fine… It is way better then a head shop there. I would think a tasteful store for adults only would be fine!

  • KLM

    Since it seems all virtue is gone in this country… let the store moving and let fate decide whether it stays or not.

  • ella

    haha ‘Spot’ typo on my comment :P

  • ella

    okay people, the ‘Girly Spoy’ isnt all toys!!! they sell pretty dresses, skirts, and jewlery. Its not all rated R stuff. Plus that stuff wont be out in the open either!I talked to the lady, and she explained that they card people before they let anyone back there! so grow up people. If you dont like the place keep it to yourself. They are nice people with alot to offer.

  • issie fullington

    Back in 1990 we had a streaker run through the Bank on the square, we will probably see more action like that with this new business. Do we really want to encourage that?

    • Lynn

      We didn’t need an adult shop on the square for the streaker to make an appearance in the 1990′s, so what difference does having a store make?

  • Me

    Anyone know when the planned opening of the store is? I want to check it out after all the hype. And if you want to take my picture feel free, after all the last time I looked-this country is still a free one.

  • tim

    for those of you against this store. please take your business elsewhere. actually the town square may be the perfet place for a store like this. no one is ever downtown anyway so it is hidden from the publics eye.

    i forsee that the conservative christains will be protesting this store once it actually opens.

    • Lynn

      please don’t stereotype conservative christians….I am one and don’t think this store is a bad idea. And I certainly don’t think that real love doesn’t need toys as someone else mentioned. Real love can most definitely be enhanced when toys are enjoyed together.

  • msfjat

    this town is so assbackwards i cant believe in this day and age that you can buy any thing you want on the internet that we have an issue. wake up you old people

  • Uncle Sam

    Who will be run out of town first? A good man like John Freshwater or a good business owner, who is helping the economy with a new store?

    • msfjat

      freshwater is a good man that needs to go teach in a religious school. not my kids. teaching that is up to me.

  • jane q public

    just to note…
    all though they are not on or near public square…
    wal-mart carries some of the same items.

  • Diane

    Simple equation: Hardly any or none at all Adult Stores in 1950 = Less Crimes
    Today? Adult Stores along the Highways = More Sex Crimes, and more
    confusion for small children. Come on people – start acting like ADULTS.
    Real Love doesn’t need toys.

    • Jacob

      HAHAHA Oh, yeah, that’s it. Porn shops mean runaway rapes!

      … Actually, stuff happened back in the glory days of the 50s, too. It was just underreported. My aunt, who grew up in the 50s and 60s, once told me a story of how her childhood friend’s grandfather would give quarters to the little girls (meaning, his granddaughter and her young friends) to take off their clothes. That was the kind of thing that happened then, but nobody did anything or talked about it. It was one of those taboo topics that just wasn’t discussed in polite company. Don’t give me this crap about how sex crimes are running rampant today. We’ve just tackled the problem head-on and are no longer sweeping it under the rug. If anything, a greater societal awareness of sex (and public celebration of it) is a good thing. It allows us to embrace healthy, consensual, and fun sex while no longer allowing the creeps and predators to get away with abuses.

  • Motoman

    For many years, I believed it impossible for any place on earth to be more backward thinking or more filled with sanctimonious twits than was my home town. Then I moved to Mount Vernon.

  • red dragon hawk

    hell with romance …i want a strip club!!!!!!…….. not really….but it got your attention…all the snub noses will be poking them ito it and purchasing items…….let it pass or fail by public demand!

  • Some Guy

    Karen, i personally think it would livin Dixie Day’s up a Bit, i get tired of listening to banjo and looking at quilts…LOL
    Also did you even read “Concerned Parents’s” comment. It was completly ignorant.
    I don’t agree that it will improve Mt.Vernon, we certainly have enough churches and that doesn’t seem to improve it either. My point being there are at least 25 Churches in or around Mt.Vernon, and i’m sure not every citizen in Mt.Vernon attends church: No a sex shop isn’t for everyone, those that don’t wish to enter simply don’t have to, just as those that don’t wish to go to shurch aren’t forced to. I’m sure you won’t be able to see through the windows of the sex shop so you won’t have to worry about your children seeing something you don’t want them to. I really don’t see a problem with it, i mean live and let live. Don’t agree that the City Council should be able to tell a person what they can and can’t sell in their store. I mean if there’s something on TV i don’t wanna see, i change the channel. My gripe is that there are too many people in Mt.Vernon especially that want to tell others how to live and what is right (Morally) or otherwise. Stop spending so much time worrying about what you can’t control and manage your own life.

    I think the reason don’t want a sex shop in town, is so they don’t get recognized coming out of it. (Most of you won’t admit that i’m right)

  • Karen

    Just think, when you invite your friends and relatives to the Dan Emmett Festival you can proudly show them our new sex shop! The term “Romantic Toys” is just the politically correct label for a sex shop. Sorry, you need to call it what it is. Will they also sell pornographic materials…. Movies….. etc…. This is the last thing that Mount Vernon needs. If you have a sexual issue, go see a therapist! Do you honestly believe that this type of business can improve, and enhance Mount Vernon? The dictionary defines ignorance as a lack of knowledge, information, or education. I hate it when someone with a liberal agenda tries to label those whose opinion differ as ingorant. I hope that our city commissioners, church councils and other governmental officials can honestly say that this is not the kind of business we want in Mount Vernon.

    • Lynn

      I guess then we should get rid of all the video stores in town cuz we can’t have people seeing something like that when they come to visit…..I mean gosh, they sell adult videos. I am a devout christian – not a zealot – and I think it is time to stop being so narrow minded. I know that alot of us here in Mount Vernon live in a ‘bubble’, but come on….

  • miriam st. jean

    Jack

    there’s already a tatoo parlor and a “head” shop on the square – whether the Mayor realizes it or not

    give me break

    as I understand it, the shop will focus on lingerie and lotions – do you seriously have a problem with that? don’t you think people wear lingerie or use lotions? if not……….uhm…….sorry about your luck

  • KJ

    If you don’t like it then don’t go in That was simple!!

  • Tom

    Why does it matter what we think? This town’s soothsayers, religious zealots, and ne’er do well politicians (from the commissioners to the council) have already made up their minds. And since those small minds comprise the majority of the county…well, figure it out.

  • Jack Ziemantz

    I don’t think that it is appropriate to have this type of store at the public square. There are many website online that you can purchase.

  • Some Guy

    “Concerned Parent”, while an opinion is an opinion, i beleive yours to be null and void of any sort of logic. DO you honestly think a “Sex Toy” retailer would make child molesters go crazy and start ravaging the town? Come on! I suppose you never seen the “Adult Accessories” that are sold at Wal-mart. Oh wait i guess since there are numerous places to purchase guns in Mt.Vernon, then all the criminals will be commiting aggravated assualts and murders and such. Hey maybe your right though, i mean maybe the sight of an adult toy will spur the local teenage population into fornicating wildly, and there will be an abundance of children on the loose. Wait a second i’m assuming you have internet, but you can’t find numerous pictures and videos of adult material on there though, can you? I’m assuming that admission to the store in queston will be 18 YEARS OF AGE. So who are you to tell a legal adult what they can or can’t do or purchase. I think the world would be better off if maybe your mother had used a sex toy, the world would be less one ignorant person.

    • red dragon hawk

      um… no…. i havnt seen the “adult accesories” at walmart….could you please point them out? um….so i can…um…um….boycott them…..ya…ya ….thats the ticket…;-)

  • John Q. Public

    I always believed that I’d meet my true love on the square, one that did’nt lie or cheat on me. I’m just kidding. I think it’s a bad idea all around…what’s next, prostitutes hanging around the square. Call me a square if you want, but this is not a good idea.

  • Heather

    Hey guess what, I was a pregnant teenager at one point. . .sure didn’t need toys for that. And come to think of it, toys can’t get people pregnant, so wouldn’t it be “better”? Our children are going to have sex regardless of a store being here that sells sex toys. Its always been that way.
    For those who state that it declines our towns morals. . .go to columbus and ask people what they think when they hear “mount vernon”. guarantee your gonna hear a lot of people talk about how much drug activity goes on here!
    Lets face it, the ages of the majority population in this town are about ready to shift, and with it come less “prude” ways of thinking. Sex is normal and healthy and is enjoyed by many. Sex toys are just an added bonus to those who may be a little more experimental in the endeavors OR they are great aids to the numerous people who have some sort of sexual medical problem.

  • mike wazauski

    I’m gonna open a battery store, right next door!!!!

    • Rosemary

      I’m laughing myself silly! You go, Mike!

  • Lynn

    So, Mount Vernon doesn’t already have tons of teenagers pregnant and child molesters? Doesn’t look to me like the teenagers or child molesters needed anything to aid them at all. Besides, it has been stated that no one under 18 would be able to get into the room that had adult stuff in it anyway. What about our video stores that have an adult only section? Should we not allow them to open in Mount Vernon?

  • concerened parent

    well if you open it up it will give our teens more reason to get pregnant and then the child molesters more reason to molest the kids open up something that will benefit the town not help with its already excisting problems cause this town has major issues in both

    • Rosemary

      Are you kidding? Studies have shown kids are already using oral sex as an alternative birth control. Do you people ever flip the channel from soap operas to news magazines like 60 Minutes, Dateline, etc.? Some of you sound like you’re trying to cleanse your conscience by sounding off. If you don’t want to shop at WalMart, go to Penneys. If you don’t want to shop in this romance store, go out-of-town (like most people do instead of supporting their local merchants).

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