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Dean 
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 Topic: Who else HATES Halloween???
Posted: November 02 2010 at 12:30 |
 AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from? |
Depends. Would you ever tire of detesting child pornography? Plenty of folks seem to take pleasure from that. |
I gather from this that some people come home from a long day of work, put their feet up and settle in with a nice cup of coffee for some good ol' child-pornography-detestin'.
My reply: Get a different hobby, damn.
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Forgive me, but I never got the impression that anybody here has made a routine of hating on popular customs. Some folks just genuinely hate holidays. |
That's something I just don't get. bad childhood experiences? I don't know what else would explain the bitterness, and crotchety old man attitude we see in threads every year around here.
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I don't know, maybe. I like the Christmas season, for instance, but I don't particularly celebrate the holiday. I'm indifferent, I guess. To me, if I'm not directly involved, I have no reason to 'hate' this type of stuff. It's just a holiday. But plenty of folks truly hate this stuff, and that's just how they are. |
Yeah i just hate the whole Pagan thing and dressing as witches and acting like its all spooky and evil. Its not a great thing to celebrate evil in any form. halloween meets Hallows Eve - Holy Evening, but thre aint nothing holy about it. In Fact I know that witches or wiccans celebrate in particular this evening, an ex Wiccan told me that the night is a revered night of magic and the dark arts for Pagans. |
Wiccans would not celebrate all-hallows-eve because they are not christian, they celebrate Samhain (pronounce sho-wain) which is the Gaelic harvest festival and is buggerall to do with witches and "dark arts"- the only "dark" bit about it is that it marks the beginning of winter.
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JLocke
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Posted: November 02 2010 at 12:26 |
AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:
Yeah i just hate the whole Pagan thing and dressing as witches and acting like its all spooky and evil. Its not a great thing to celebrate evil in any form. halloween meets Hallows Eve - Holy Evening, but thre aint nothing holy about it. In Fact I know that witches or wiccans celebrate in particular this evening, an ex Wiccan told me that the night is a revered night of magic and the dark arts for Pagans. |
If you honestly believe any of that stuff is real, then it's no wonder you take such offense at Halloween. Every day must be like a Harry Potter film through your eyes.
EDIT: And the eve was indeed holy to those who belonged to the pagan religion celebrating it. ''Holy'' doesn't equal ''Christian''.
Edited by JLocke - November 03 2010 at 15:33
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: November 02 2010 at 12:18 |
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I don't understand the complaints of any holiday as too commercial. The holiday is only as commercialized as you and those you share the holiday with make it.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Catcher10
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Posted: November 02 2010 at 12:15 |
Are you kidding!! Halloween is awesome......best night around! Christmas is overated and the definition of commercialism gone MAD!!
Thanksgiving in the US has turned into the "day before black Friday"....what a joke!
Halloween has haunted houses, hayrides, corn mazes.....candy dude!!!! Chocolate!!!!
I love it.
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TODDLER
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Posted: November 02 2010 at 09:18 |
All these left hand path aspects come to mind. This year I just ignored Halloween. I used to have Devil worshippers around me and today I find it even more revolting. In 1972, Aquino and Sinclair opposed Anton LeVay's leadership and formed the "Temple Of Set". Their practices were different. Judeo Christian concepts and the worship of demons invaded my hometown. There was no "Satanic Panic" to make fun of. Kids were not interested in applying the basis of a horror film to their agenda, There was no such thing as "Heavy Metal" music. It was a kind of different brainwashing concept....maybe more like the "Dark Shadows" series.  Many of my childhood friends were driven off to the vegetable farm never to return to reality or murdered in rituals. I still feel sadness over that experience and so I ignore Halloween.
Edited by TODDLER - November 02 2010 at 09:20
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: November 02 2010 at 08:41 |
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Kids are definitely celebrating evil in its purest form when they dress up like spiderman to get a snickers bar.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 02 2010 at 05:51 |
Booo!!! 
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: November 02 2010 at 04:58 |
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from? |
Depends. Would you ever tire of detesting child pornography? Plenty of folks seem to take pleasure from that. |
I gather from this that some people come home from a long day of work, put their feet up and settle in with a nice cup of coffee for some good ol' child-pornography-detestin'.
My reply: Get a different hobby, damn.
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Forgive me, but I never got the impression that anybody here has made a routine of hating on popular customs. Some folks just genuinely hate holidays. |
That's something I just don't get. bad childhood experiences? I don't know what else would explain the bitterness, and crotchety old man attitude we see in threads every year around here.
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I don't know, maybe. I like the Christmas season, for instance, but I don't particularly celebrate the holiday. I'm indifferent, I guess. To me, if I'm not directly involved, I have no reason to 'hate' this type of stuff. It's just a holiday. But plenty of folks truly hate this stuff, and that's just how they are. |
Yeah i just hate the whole Pagan thing and dressing as witches and acting like its all spooky and evil. Its not a great thing to celebrate evil in any form. halloween meets Hallows Eve - Holy Evening, but thre aint nothing holy about it. In Fact I know that witches or wiccans celebrate in particular this evening, an ex Wiccan told me that the night is a revered night of magic and the dark arts for Pagans.
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JLocke
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:45 |
Tapfret wrote:
Halloween was terrible for me as a child. Diabetes ran in our family and mom didn't want us having all that sugar. So when we got home from trick or treating we were only allowed to eat the razor blades.
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Tapfret
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:43 |
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Halloween was terrible for me as a child. Diabetes ran in our family and mom didn't want us having all that sugar. So when we got home from trick or treating we were only allowed to eat the razor blades.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:38 |
Well, there is a difference between hating on a holiday and actually hating it. 
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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JLocke
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:31 |
stonebeard wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from?
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Depends. Would you ever tire of detesting child pornography? Plenty of folks seem to take pleasure from that. |
I gather from this that some people come home from a long day of work, put their feet up and settle in with a nice cup of coffee for some good ol' child-pornography-detestin'.
My reply: Get a different hobby, damn.
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Forgive me, but I never got the impression that anybody here has made a routine of hating on popular customs. Some folks just genuinely hate holidays. |
That's something I just don't get. bad childhood experiences? I don't know what else would explain the bitterness, and crotchety old man attitude we see in threads every year around here.
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I don't know, maybe. I like the Christmas season, for instance, but I don't particularly celebrate the holiday. I'm indifferent, I guess. To me, if I'm not directly involved, I have no reason to 'hate' this type of stuff. It's just a holiday. But plenty of folks truly hate this stuff, and that's just how they are.
Edited by JLocke - November 01 2010 at 20:32
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stonebeard
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:28 |
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from?
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Depends. Would you ever tire of detesting child pornography? Plenty of folks seem to take pleasure from that. |
I gather from this that some people come home from a long day of work, put their feet up and settle in with a nice cup of coffee for some good ol' child-pornography-detestin'.
My reply: Get a different hobby, damn.
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Forgive me, but I never got the impression that anybody here has made a routine of hating on popular customs. Some folks just genuinely hate holidays. |
That's something I just don't get. bad childhood experiences? I don't know what else would explain the bitterness, and crotchety old man attitude we see in threads every year around here.
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JLocke
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:25 |
stonebeard wrote:
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from?
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Depends. Would you ever tire of detesting child pornography? Plenty of folks seem to take pleasure from that. |
I gather from this that some people come home from a long day of work, put their feet up and settle in with a nice cup of coffee for some good ol' child-pornography-detestin'.
My reply: Get a different hobby, damn.
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Forgive me, but I never got the impression that anybody here has made a routine of hating on popular customs. Some folks just genuinely hate holidays.
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stonebeard
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:23 |
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from?
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Depends. Would you ever tire of detesting child pornography? Plenty of folks seem to take pleasure from that. |
I gather from this that some people come home from a long day of work, put their feet up and settle in with a nice cup of coffee for some good ol' child-pornography-detestin'. My reply: Get a different hobby, damn.
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:23 |
JLocke wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from? |
Depends. Would you ever tire of detesting child pornography? Plenty of folks seem to take pleasure from that. |
Oh come on, have the children's costumes really gotten that slutty? ;-)
I find Halloween kind of annoying, really, but it's interesting that the dress like a hooker aspect has gotten so popular. I was in NYC for Halloween last year and I was astounded by what girls we walking around in at all, much less at night in October.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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JLocke
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:18 |
stonebeard wrote:
Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from?
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Depends. Would you ever tire of detesting child pornography? Plenty of folks seem to take pleasure from that.
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stonebeard
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:16 |
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Doesn't it get tiring hating things other people take pleasure from?
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Lark the Starless
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:14 |
Halloween is alright. I don't hate it, but it's not something I love.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, I would take my children trick-or-treating and be happy with it |
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JLocke
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 20:00 |
^ The error is fixed. Honest oversight. 
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