11-01-2016, 12:56 PM
We saw the same here. The weather was good.
Maybe parents do not want their kids going to strangers' houses out of an old perception of danger -- some creep might insert a laxative into candy or a razor blade into an apple. There are religious families who find Halloween objectionable due to allusions to the supernatural and non-Christian. Then there are rationalists who dislike the superstitious elements of Halloween. Or could it be the candy that creates health problems?
Maybe parents do not want their kids going to strangers' houses out of an old perception of danger -- some creep might insert a laxative into candy or a razor blade into an apple. There are religious families who find Halloween objectionable due to allusions to the supernatural and non-Christian. Then there are rationalists who dislike the superstitious elements of Halloween. Or could it be the candy that creates health problems?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.