Halloween
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In Vancouver that is kinda sad, but here in Calgary it can be pretty cold on Halloween some years.....so I can understand. I remember as a kid having to throw on a parka that covered up my costume, that sucked. I would have welcomed a mall environment where I could show off my costume.PJ_Soul said:A lot of parents take their kids to the fucking MALL to trick or treat where I am. It is SO depressing.
Weather permitting though, kids should be outside going door to door. That is what it was all about.0 -
My favorite part of Halloween is Nov. 1st
When the candy is half off or more!!0 -
Many parents are concerned about kids getting unsafe or tainted candy (well, yes, all candy is poison but you know what I mean). So Placerville closes Main Street and everybody comes out in costume, listens to the music play, and parades around. Merchants up and down the street hand out candy and treats to the kids and everybody has a good time. It's a grand freak scene!tempo_n_groove said:
What's not "safe" about Halloween now a days in your town?
I want kids banging on my door and being excited about the candy I hand out and I want them to complain about the people who handed out an apple, lol.
I wonder how many schools are banning All Hallows Eve?"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Sad - sex offenders are no longer required to have a sign on their door stating as such. Still can't decorate or open the door for the kids though. Poor, poor offenders.
I imagine most trick-or-treating is safe, though a few years ago a homeowner near where my mom lived was beaten and robbed after opening the door.0 -
i love halloween and hate to see this happen.
this is totally lame, but in defense of the school, they are probably doing this for safety reasons. it is easier to keep kids in line by telling them that they can only dress like characters from a book or not at all. the character from the book is at least educational.
i think we can agree that there are some pretty screwed up kids out there. i think school leaders realize this.
if you let some kids pick what they want to be, they might dress like michael myers, jason voorhees, etc, and that is enough to scare some people. maybe they will bring a real knife to school.
if i were planning on attacking my school i would definitely do it on halloween celebration. dress up like someone else so nobody knows it is me, then attack away.
some kid might dress up as a swat team guy or something and bring an actual gun.
harris and klebold had just trenchcoats.
if they let kids dress how they want, and out of the one in a million chance that something might happen and something happens, the school leaders would never forgive themselve, and we would not forgive them.
i hate the fact that kids these days don't get to do what i got to do at their age.Post edited by gimmesometruth27 on"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
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It's bizarre to say the least.
Imagine if a kid was sent to school dressed up as a suitcase and holding a clock.
Or
A kid was dressed up as a soldier all decked out in facepaint with camouflage attire.
What would happen?
Scenarios like this were not heard of growing up.
Now it is real.
I can bet what would happen to the clock guy.
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SO my daughter asked the teacher today if there was going to be a Halloween Party at School. The teacher said no there are too many kids with allergies. WTF so no peanuts and store bought stuff no homemade. My younger daughter is in kindergarten and she does not understand it either.96 Randall's Island II
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This is totally an urban myth. There have, in fact, been NO instances of poisoned candy or razor blades in apples ever substantiated, although many people claim to know someone who knows someone who met someone it happened to.brianlux said:
Many parents are concerned about kids getting unsafe or tainted candy (well, yes, all candy is poison but you know what I mean). So Placerville closes Main Street and everybody comes out in costume, listens to the music play, and parades around. Merchants up and down the street hand out candy and treats to the kids and everybody has a good time. It's a grand freak scene!
This is a part of the larger myth that current society is not safe for children, which is complete BS - society is safer than it's ever been, with the notable exception that parents rarely let their kids walk or cycle anywhere so the rates of obesity are skyrocketing.
I'd agree that about the only risks regarding trick-or-treating is the tiny risk that and older teen/adult uses it as an excuse to get a householder to open their door to strangers. Since kids tend to trick-or-treat in packs (it's way more fun that way), they aren't at risk from the people in the houses. (They are at risk from cars on the streets, though).
Although my kid is in high school now (and her school is celebrating Halloween week with different events every day, FYI), I suspect that the main concerns are around unwieldy and distracting costumes, rather than any "Christian" flavour.
Of course, I'm speaking as a Canadian; we have fewer rampant Christians here.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0 -
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The first rule in our house is to dump all the candy on the table and we throw out all the non-approved stuff out in front of their eyes and explain why.
- homemade anything (don't want your dirty licked fingers in my mouth thanks)
- produce
- partially opened
-fudge
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Okay, hygiene issues are acceptable in my eyes. Home made and partially opened are just not on. And fudge? Who wants that anyway.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0
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*holding my tongue re fudge*oftenreading said:Okay, hygiene issues are acceptable in my eyes. Home made and partially opened are just not on. And fudge? Who wants that anyway.
We had the same general candy rules (still, what a rush to dump out the plastic jack o'lantern and take stock of our sugary bounty).
We had Orthodox neighbors who gave out pennies. In retrospect, I appreciate that they at least participated.0 -
My daughter used to inventory her loot.
She busted me on a few occasions snooching peanut butter cups.
I simply couldn't help myself. I just couldn't."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
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Yeah, tell it to the judge, Mr.-tough-on-crimeThirty Bills Unpaid said:My daughter used to inventory her loot.
She busted me on a few occasions snooching peanut butter cups.
I simply couldn't help myself. I just couldn't.
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I sincerely hope you are correct about what I said being an urban myth. It's true, I've only heard stories and don't know of any first hand who has been harmed by poison candy. I guess I'm just getting old and jaded and suspect that these kinds of stories are true. I really do want to be wrong about that!oftenreading said:
This is totally an urban myth. There have, in fact, been NO instances of poisoned candy or razor blades in apples ever substantiated, although many people claim to know someone who knows someone who met someone it happened to.
This is a part of the larger myth that current society is not safe for children, which is complete BS - society is safer than it's ever been, with the notable exception that parents rarely let their kids walk or cycle anywhere so the rates of obesity are skyrocketing.
I'd agree that about the only risks regarding trick-or-treating is the tiny risk that and older teen/adult uses it as an excuse to get a householder to open their door to strangers. Since kids tend to trick-or-treat in packs (it's way more fun that way), they aren't at risk from the people in the houses. (They are at risk from cars on the streets, though).
Although my kid is in high school now (and her school is celebrating Halloween week with different events every day, FYI), I suspect that the main concerns are around unwieldy and distracting costumes, rather than any "Christian" flavour.
Of course, I'm speaking as a Canadian; we have fewer rampant Christians here.
I'm not so sure I can be as easily persuaded that society is safer than ever. When I was a kid, we never locked our doors when we left the house, not even when we went away for the weekend, I I grew up in a the bay area. But then when I was in my early teens we were victims of a robbery as were others on our block and houses began to be locked up and locks installed on windows and the age of innocence seemed to have died then.
On the other hand, I think parents today are going to extremes to protect there kids...
think George Carlin, LOL!
Oh come on, you know I love my kids! They think Carlin is funny to
Post edited by brianlux on"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Thank you for posting this! Too many people accept here say as truth. Too many people live in fear.oftenreading said:
This is totally an urban myth. There have, in fact, been NO instances of poisoned candy or razor blades in apples ever substantiated, although many people claim to know someone who knows someone who met someone it happened to.
This is a part of the larger myth that current society is not safe for children, which is complete BS - society is safer than it's ever been, with the notable exception that parents rarely let their kids walk or cycle anywhere so the rates of obesity are skyrocketing.
I'd agree that about the only risks regarding trick-or-treating is the tiny risk that and older teen/adult uses it as an excuse to get a householder to open their door to strangers. Since kids tend to trick-or-treat in packs (it's way more fun that way), they aren't at risk from the people in the houses. (They are at risk from cars on the streets, though).
Although my kid is in high school now (and her school is celebrating Halloween week with different events every day, FYI), I suspect that the main concerns are around unwieldy and distracting costumes, rather than any "Christian" flavour.
Of course, I'm speaking as a Canadian; we have fewer rampant Christians here.
I seriously think they want us all coo extend and locked up in our houses afraid of the outside world....
Don't go "trunk or treating" go door to door "trick or treating"!!!0 -
Oh what the fuck.
A "nationwide alert" about some Halloween Anarchists Revolt? Just when I thought it couldn't be tainted any more.
The yearly West Hollywood celebration happens just blocks from us. That shit better not spill over here.0 -
And where are the protests for this sort of thing, hmmm?
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Yeah, what she said.oftenreading said:
This is totally an urban myth. There have, in fact, been NO instances of poisoned candy or razor blades in apples ever substantiated, although many people claim to know someone who knows someone who met someone it happened to.
This is a part of the larger myth that current society is not safe for children, which is complete BS - society is safer than it's ever been, with the notable exception that parents rarely let their kids walk or cycle anywhere so the rates of obesity are skyrocketing.
I'd agree that about the only risks regarding trick-or-treating is the tiny risk that and older teen/adult uses it as an excuse to get a householder to open their door to strangers. Since kids tend to trick-or-treat in packs (it's way more fun that way), they aren't at risk from the people in the houses. (They are at risk from cars on the streets, though).
Although my kid is in high school now (and her school is celebrating Halloween week with different events every day, FYI), I suspect that the main concerns are around unwieldy and distracting costumes, rather than any "Christian" flavour.
Of course, I'm speaking as a Canadian; we have fewer rampant Christians here.With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
The part about the urban myth is true Brian. It was actually researched at some point, and no actual reports of this happening were ever found.brianlux said:
I sincerely hope you are correct about what I said being an urban myth. It's true, I've only heard stories and don't know of any first hand who has been harmed by poison candy. I guess I'm just getting old and jaded and suspect that these kinds of stories are true. I really do want to be wrong about that!
I'm not so sure I can be as easily persuaded that society is safer than ever. When I was a kid, we never locked our doors when we left the house, not even when we went away for the weekend, I I grew up in a the bay area. But then when I was in my early teens we were victims of a robbery as were others on our block and houses began to be locked up and locks installed on windows and the age of innocence seemed to have died then.
On the other hand, I think parents today are going to extremes to protect there kids...
think George Carlin, LOL!
Oh come on, you know I love my kids! They think Carlin is funny to
I do also agree that it's not actually any more dangerous than it ever was, generally. I mean, of course there are places that have gone down the toilet over the years... but i wouod bet that that is evened out by other places that have dramatically improved over the years. It's just that everyone is hyperaware of the dangers now, and unfortunately, the most common reaction to that is to apply restrictions to everything rather than just using that increased knowledge towards using more commonsense.With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0
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