Children wanting to wear scary, violent or blooddrenched costumes will have to trade them in for more caring and communityfriendly outfits at two public elementary schools this Halloween. The principal of Colonel Walker and Ramsay schools said her staff has chosen to use the day normally known for scares and frights as an opportunity to teach community values...outfits cannot include masks, weapons or any violent imagery.
"You can still be creative, in fact we encourage that, think of all the things you can be in a non-violent way," said Speight. "Ones that exemplify caring for other people and be respectful of other people."
Sure. Yeah. ‘Cause Hallowe'en – stolen by the Christians from the Druids’ Samhain - is all about caring.
OK. Even if you think the Christians can be any more successful at selling that myth than they were at completely obliterating or redesigning Samhain, do you really want to look like this on October 31st, whatever you choose to call that night?
That’s just not cool. Not cool at all. All the kids will laugh at you and where’s the caring in that?
Why look like this
When you can go for the bad-ass look
Or the kick ass look
Or the creep-out-your-mother look
Or the scary as hell (but still ultra cool) look born in the very Samhainish mind of Clive Barker?
Because Hallowe'en is about scaring, not caring.
3 comments:
Is it necessarily Christians behind this? Hard to tell from the news article cited.
Is this a idiotic idea? Certainly.
Next up : rollercoasters that go very very slowly on flat ground.
Because God does not want you to be scared. That's why his central message is that if you don't believe in him, you will burn in hell forever.
Way Way Up, I don't know if the 2 schools mentioned in the article are Christian. I was more addressing how Samhain was taken over by christians (tried to turn it into All Hallow's Eve; All Saints' Day) and now more alterations in the works.
On one hand, it doesn't matter as there are no Celts around to offend, but really, Halloween is just a fun time, no superstitious links anymore, my opinion - leave it be.
Alison - right on. I was raised Catholic and remember the fear of god being taught as central to the teachings. Even when the church replaced the scary old texts with pretty ones talking about the love of god, the underlying message never changed. Be good or you'll burn in hell forever. I prefer be good, because being good for its own sake is a better guide, less selfish, and is not selective.
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