Whose idea was this? It’s like the
Easter bunny on acid, thrown into a blender with a fancy dress shop, a horror
movie and the brattiest kids a person could find. I am not convinced the nature
of it is innocent (it just shows that kids are as macabre as the films they
have seen and should not have!) nor that it’s the fun some claim it to be. It’s
yet another chance for some kids to push the boundaries, and I imagine most
folk dread those multiple knocks on their door at this time of year.
The Americanisation of our times is
clear, what is not is just quite why. Perhaps ‘The Sheep Rule’ applies. People
need to follow, not lead, to be told, not to have to think for themselves.
Heaven forbid that. So there it is- baby time. Spoon feeding. This is what you
like, this is what you should do, this is what you must think. You have to.
Somehow they pull it off. Like an
unstoppable plague it spreads. Like a Tsunami it washes everything away in its
sweeping over the land. Like the fashion and the unhealthy eating and the
infiltration of bad spelling into the English language it goes on. I politely
decline to be taken under by the ceaseless waves. In fact, such things make me
move in the opposite direction. I never played the Halloween game; never saw
the fascination with it. No treat, play a trick? It would imply to me to
encourage violence, aggression and any other negative behaviour in society.
Imagine if we had a ‘trick’ played on us every time someone begged or asked for
something from us in the street and did not get anything. There would be chaos.
The excuse could be, well I learned it through Halloween. Possibly this is
rather extreme, but should we not teach good morals and values to the younger
generations, rather than throwing the toy out of the pram should we not receive
what we aspire to?
Put simply, Halloween, you can kiss
my ass!
No comments:
Post a Comment