“You know, this is why I just don’t answer the door (unless I know who’s arriving). I don’t want to fend off pint-sized salesfolk or tie-with-short-sleeved-shirt-wearing adults. But if you are going to answer the door in your own house, what’s wrong with being armed? … What makes people feel entitled to a kid-friendly greeting when they disturb random strangers in their homes?” – Ann Althouse commenting on The Wisconsin man who had a sword held over his head when he answered the door to the popcorn-selling Boy Scouts [at althouse.blogspot.com]