[Ansteorra] What happened to Halloween (was Lead *Rant*)

[Susan]

I was born in '67, so my trick-or-treating was done in the 70's.  I 
personally think that your second sentence contains the key for this 
issue, going to places where you know who lives there-wheather your own 
neighborhood or with a friend.  My mother always made pop-corn balls and 
once the issues came up in the 70's, she still would but they were only 
for the kids in the neighborhood.  When I went off to college, she sent 
me some my first halloween and I shared them with friends and we were 
all happy.  This reminds me that I need to make a batch.

Susan

Michael Silverhands wrote:

>When I was a kid, none of those things were problems. Kids went trick- 
>or-treating, typically on their own block but sometimes ranging  
>further afield -- maybe walking to the next block over, or taking  
>your bike to the other side of the neighborhood. It was safe -- not  
>because there were lots of precautions, but because there was no need  
>of them -- and it was fun.
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