Dear volunteers,

Just a word of caution: When you are on your missions, do not put anything inside a mailbox. It may not seem like a big deal, but technically it is a violation of the law.

We have not heard of any of our volunteers doing this, but Brian Sapient informs us that a Rational Response Squad member just received a Christian DVD placed inside his mailbox by a non-Postal-Service person. (With a note reading, “Dear Resident, I hope you enjoy me sharing my knowledge about Jesus with you at this time of year.”)

Obviously, there’s no particular harm done, but make sure you don’t do this. Someone may try to get you for it.

Sapient sarcastically comments:

As we’ve seen over the last few days, the outrage from Christians that we’d dare place a DVD in a Church has been great. We’ve heard things like “all you’re doing is strengthening the Christians’ resolve” and “Please, get a hobby. Get a girlfriend… something” and “you are demented little animals who have no tolerance for other people and their system of belief.” Therefore we can deduce it’s possible the “Jesus” DVD is strengthening the atheists’ resolve, the people handing out the DVD have no hobbies or girlfriends, and that they’re simply demented animals with no tolerance for others beliefs.

Flyering and pamphleteering have a long and rich tradition in our democracy, and nothing you volunteers are doing violates that spirit. Just make sure you always access publicly accessible places (i.e., unlocked doors and gates), don’t damage or deface anything, and don’t place anything inside a mailbox.

They have their message, we have ours. Let the conversation roar.