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Re: Halloween

Posted By: Sosiqui, on host 130.65.100.113
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2001, at 10:50:13
In Reply To: Re: Halloween posted by wintermute on Thursday, October 18, 2001, at 09:06:22:

> I suppose the most weird thing the fact that Americans are so into halloween, really. Actually, now I think about it, the idea of *celebrating* a night when all the evil in the world has free reign is just plain wrong.
>

Heh. A LOT of that has been lost. Nowadays, it's not about celebrating evil (or whatever other mythology that Halloween was built on, can't remember the specifics right now) - it's about getting playfully scared, wearing costumes (any sort will do), and getting free candy. That's it. Pretty much the only people who take Halloween 'seriously' any more are those belonging to pagan/earth religions and such.

It's just a night when you can wear cool costumes and are allowed to extort candy from your neighborhood.

Sosi"oh, and toilet paper trees"qui

Replies To This Message

Re: Halloween - Nyperold - Thu, 10/18/2001, 12:11:17
- Re: Halloween - wintermute - Mon, 10/22/2001, 01:34:44
- Re: Halloween - Faux Pas - Thu, 10/18/2001, 12:39:47
  - Re: Halloween - Darien - Thu, 10/18/2001, 13:06:14
- Re: Halloween - Dave - Thu, 10/18/2001, 12:38:48
  - Re: Big huge - Issachar - Sat, 10/20/2001, 07:10:52
    - Re: Big huge - Nyperold - Sat, 10/20/2001, 08:07:09
  - Re: Halloween - Faux Pas - Thu, 10/18/2001, 12:48:25
    - Re: Halloween - Nyperold - Thu, 10/18/2001, 12:54:30
      - Re: Halloween - Wes - Sun, 10/21/2001, 00:07:09
        
        Re: Halloween - Nyperold - Sun, 10/21/2001, 07:07:36
      - Re: Halloween - Eric Sleator - Thu, 10/18/2001, 15:15:21
        
        Re: Halloween - Nyperold - Thu, 10/18/2001, 19:40:51
        
        Re: Illuminati - wintermute - Mon, 10/22/2001, 06:03:19
        
        Re: Illuminati - Brunnen-G - Mon, 10/22/2001, 14:59:18
        
        Re: Illuminati - Nyperold - Mon, 10/22/2001, 14:58:30
        
        Re: Illuminati - wintermute - Tue, 10/23/2001, 03:01:06
        
        Re: Illuminati - Randy - Tue, 10/23/2001, 11:41:40
        
        Re: Illuminati - wintermute - Wed, 10/24/2001, 00:59:50
        
        Re: Illuminati - Grishny - Tue, 10/23/2001, 05:55:10
        
        Re: Illuminati - Nyperold - Tue, 10/23/2001, 07:00:58
        
        Re: Illuminati - Melanie - Tue, 10/23/2001, 14:08:53
        
        Re: Illuminati - Faux Pas - Wed, 10/24/2001, 06:46:37
        
        Re: Illuminati - wintermute - Wed, 10/24/2001, 01:06:27
        
        Re: Illuminati - Grishny - Tue, 10/23/2001, 12:44:39
        
        Re: Illuminati - Lynette - Mon, 10/22/2001, 09:07:59
        
        Re: Illuminati - wintermute - Mon, 10/22/2001, 09:20:45
        
        Re: Halloween - Lynette - Fri, 10/19/2001, 07:09:11
        
        Re: Halloween - Nyperold - Fri, 10/19/2001, 09:36:06
        
        Re: Halloween - Lynette - Fri, 10/19/2001, 14:57:51
        
        Re: Halloween - Grishny - Sat, 10/20/2001, 09:14:51
        
        Re: Halloween - Issachar - Sat, 10/20/2001, 09:34:02
        
        Re: Halloween - Grishny - Sat, 10/20/2001, 19:14:16
        
        Re: Halloween - Dave - Thu, 10/18/2001, 16:05:53
        
        Re: Halloween - Issachar - Sat, 10/20/2001, 07:01:25
        
        Re: Halloween - Eric Sleator - Thu, 10/18/2001, 16:29:58
- Re: Halloween - Darien - Thu, 10/18/2001, 12:37:35

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