Too spicy costumes rile parents - Ghosts, hobos replaced by Major Flirt and Handy Candy for kids

Charlotte Observer ^ | 10/19/2006 | KELLY SMITH

[evets]

I blame democrats.

[Frank_Discussion]

"Any parent who lets their teen (or younger) dress as described in this article needs to be horse whipped."

With the whole horse. Just Dayum.

[Frank_Discussion]

"Any parent who lets their teen (or younger) dress as described in this article needs to be horse whipped."

With the whole horse. Just Dayum.

[Lou L]

Luckily, we have all boys, and 2 are going to be a pirate and one a cowboy.

Sadly, many of the old-style costume ideas have been relegated as too politically incorrect by some. Cowboys, pirates, soldiers and "hobos" are too anti-PC for many.

Remember the typical liberal line: Halloween gives people the chance to act out roles they can't be during the day: sluts, whores, strippers, and the like.

[p. henry]

Ah yes. The original cast of "Night of the Living Dead."

[sageb1]

"too darn cold."

Here in NY too. Any costume has to be big enough to fit a snowsuit under it. :)

[sageb1]

eeeiiiuuuwwww...lol!

[gb63]

"Look for the Mark Foley masks"
Don't think so. Never seen any little boy that would act like a 'homo' in public. And 90% of Americans couldn't pick a picture of Foley out of a stack...you could...I could...but not the typical person.

[dfwgator]

1. Hillary Clinton (black pantsuit and mask) 2. Helen Thomas 3. Nancy Pelosi 4. Barbara Boxer

"Now that's SCAAARY!!"

[evets]

I'm afraid

[Jeff Chandler]

I prefer the old school costumes. You know: ghouls and goblins, etc.

[Veggie Todd]

This is the gradual acceptance of paganism...

Uh, where do you think Halloween came from? It sure doesn't have anything to do with Christianity.

[p. henry]

My eighteen year old daughter (away at college for her freshman year) is opting to go trick or treating with a friend from the area because the parties at her college will be characterized by excessive drinking and revealing costumes on the girls. My youngest stepdaughter says these tendencies also characterized college Halloween parties when she was at college about five years ago. Times have changed.

[RebelBanker]

just when you thought you had seen everything...

[NYFriend]

There was a Buffy the Vampire episode where Willow wanted to be a ghost for Halloween, and he friends made her dress up like a slut. After the left she put a sheet on over her skimpy clothes and went as a ghost. When everyone was magically transformed into whatever they dressed up as, she was the ghost of a slutty girl.

[dead]

Handy Candy, from the Target "Costumes for Kids" section:

[Responsibility2nd]

And if you didn't see it.... Well, too late now!

[Racehorse]

Family therapist Lindy Guttman said: "It's a strange time we live in when half the doctors are women and half the lawyers are women, and all the little girls are prancing around in sexy costumes."

Guttman said girls today face "intense marketing" that didn't exist when she was a child or even when she was raising her own now-grown daughter.

So, how many women are doing the marketeering?

[UseYourHead]

We don't "celebrate". Our church has "candy night" where the children 6th grade and under can walk the gymnasium and receive candy from the parents so that they have a candy holiday but no costumes or the like. We go shopping for Christmas on Halloween - the stores are empty!

Its not the same as when us middle agers were kids and it just isn't safe or appropriate IMHO.

[Responsibility2nd]

There are links around somewhere that Target got in trouble for stocking such trash. They quickly pulled this junk and apologized.

Halloween Costumes Not Scary, Too SexyWTOC, GA - Oct 20, 2006Target has pulled some teen costumes because they are too sexy. The retail giant says some people were offended by the sexual nature ...