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pahunkboy -> Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/23/2010 8:32:10 PM)
Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to set age limit.

littlewonder -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/23/2010 9:39:41 PM)
Stupid. People with too much time on their hands and need to make up stupid laws and problems in their lives. Imo they should just get over it. It's one friggin day of the year!

rulemylife -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/24/2010 6:16:50 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: littlewonder Stupid. People with too much time on their hands and need to make up stupid laws and problems in their lives. Imo they should just get over it. It's one friggin day of the year! Yeah, this one hits close to home. When I was ten years-old the city I lived in also instituted the same type of law restricting trick-or-treating to 12 years-old and under. I was tall for my age and looked older. The so-called adults that saw me out in costume accused me of being 15 or 16 and continually harassed me to the point I ended up in going home in tears. Here is the ridiculous reasoning from the link: Take Mayor Mark Eckert of Belleville, Ill., near St. Louis. He led a push in 2008 to ban trick or treating by high school-aged teens in that community of about 35,000 people. His reasoning? He said he heard from too many single mothers and senior citizens complaining they were frightened by "6-foot-tall kids" showing up at their homes in search of candy. "When I was a kid my father said to me, 'You're too damn big to be going trick-or-treating. You're done," Eckert said. "When that doesn't happen, then that's reason for the city governments to intervene."

LaTigresse -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/24/2010 6:18:27 AM)
Government cannot parent. It is unfortunate that too many parents refuse to parent their own children. If people are afraid of trick-or-treaters, then they should shut off their porch light and not give out treats. Or do what my parents did, go out for pizza.

pahunkboy -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/24/2010 6:29:15 AM)
It is still legal here- so I am going. Who wants to come ?

LaTigresse -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/24/2010 6:53:30 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pahunkboy It is still legal here- so I am going. Who wants to come ? This is why I am so glad I live in the country at the end of a long dark scary lane.

DarkSteven -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/24/2010 7:58:00 AM)
I am grateful to know that there are places that have so little serious crime that they can focus on crap like this.

flcouple2009 -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/24/2010 9:03:07 AM)
This causes problems for me as a parent when people start making assumptions based on size. We have a very tall 8 year old daughter who has always been either the tallest or second tallest in her class. We also have a soon to be 5 year old son who is just huge. He is bigger than most of our daughter's 3rd grade class mates and he looks terribly out of place among kids his on age.

pahunkboy -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/24/2010 11:53:49 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DarkSteven I am grateful to know that there are places that have so little serious crime that they can focus on crap like this. Same here. I am blessed. My region, the house MUST have the porch light on if you wish to receive trick or treaters. And people OBEY the rule. In 22 years here- I never heard of that rule being violated. So if you run out of candy, and dont want bothered... no porch light.

Ra7c7er -> RE: Cities banning teens from trick or treating Adults frightened of '6-foot-tall kids' behind drive to (10/24/2010 9:55:04 PM)
Oh geez they let Mayor Eckert have a say. I live in Belleville and I can tell you the push to ban teens from trick-er-treating is nothing new here. It was part of his running strategy. Not only does he not want to let teen have fun on Halloween the mayor closed down two teen centers, banned the YMCA from having teen nights, closed both public skate parks, and banned teens from public parks after 4 p.m.. He has also closed down two music venues that catered to teens along with several other local businesses that catered to teens including a coffee shop. Mayor Eckerts ban on teens is nothing new. Sadly now he has drawn national attention. As for the ban on Halloween it's stupid. Some cities have even gone so far as to ban it all together.

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