My friend, a teacher, said he is forbidden to say Halloween at school. The principal came on the loudspeaker and said "the black and orange holiday" instead of Halloween. WTF?! You can't even say Halloween anymore in this country for fear of offending someone or some group! Have you heard about anything as ridiculous as this lately?
2006-10-12 07:03:32 · 21 answers · asked by nido_tr3s 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
That may just be that particular principal's policy, not a national law, even though this insanity known as "political correctness" or "social acceptance" has slowly evolved this great nation into the "land of the offended" as much, if not more so thn, the land of the free. No, freedom of speech is not dead...yet.
2006-10-12 07:11:40 · answer #1 · answered by Buck 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Halloween Halloween Halloween
2006-10-12 14:09:08 · answer #2 · answered by doktordbel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I haven't but I'm not surprised. I'm a teacher as well, and there are so many people we have to be sure we don't piss off...I mean, think about it. We have the students, the parents, the school administration, the district administration, civil rights groups, religious rights groups....the list goes on and on.
I think teaching is one of the only jobs that suffers like this. Thank the politically correct craze of the age.
2006-10-12 15:04:57 · answer #3 · answered by caylinn1996 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I watched the first part of The View this morning and they didn't say anything about it---if it were true I'm sure they would have an opinion. Halloween started as "all hallows eve," the night before All Saints Day. All Saints Day was a Christian Holiday, so the superstition was that on All Hallows Eve the bad spirits had to come out because they would be banished on All Saints Day. That's why kids dress up as scary things, they're the bad spirits comming out to be appeased before All Saints Day. It's silly, really. It's a tradition. Who cares what we call it. No one is going to stop calling it halloween. This is stupid.
2006-10-12 14:15:43 · answer #4 · answered by brainy_ostrich 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Halloween is actually a Christian holiday. All Hallows' Eve. Hallows are Saints. It is the day before All Saints' Day (Nov. 1). More commonly referred to as All Souls Day currently.
It is a celebration of all the souls who have left this earth before us bound for eternal life in heaven. It's a very Christian (or Judeo/Christian) concept in it's essence.
Someone at the school must have decided that because it is rooted in religion, or religious beliefs that some might find it offensive.
I think it is ridiculous but that was probably the motivation.
2006-10-12 14:21:24 · answer #5 · answered by Tony 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
WTF is right. I couldn't agree with you more. I have 3 boys, ranging from 21 to 11. My older two boys always had a Halloween party at school, costumes and all. They would parade around the school grounds and have a great time. By the time my youngest started grade school, there was nothing. Things have gotten way too out of hand. It's ridiculous!
2006-10-12 14:14:32 · answer #6 · answered by S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word Halloween might be forbidden but people will not stop using this word. It can only happen in this country, next!!
2006-10-12 14:11:20 · answer #7 · answered by cob 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you Americans - the Silent Majority - got up off your ar*ses and voted out those who pass these rediculous laws. No crosses, no religion, no bloody nothing, yet you bend over backwards towards all other religions. Vote out all those in favour of such rubbish. Halloween it has been for centuries and Halloween it will remain. Christmas it has been for centuries and Christmas it shall remain.
2006-10-12 14:08:24 · answer #8 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I wish I knew what Halloween meant does it mean satan or something. I always call it Halloween and people at my church get offended. They call it the harvest festival. I didn't realize Halloween meant something bad or offensive like a curse word or something. It's crazy, I think people are getting a little to anal.
2006-10-12 14:07:33 · answer #9 · answered by lilmama 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
i havent heard anything about this maybe there is a supersticious reason why the tard wont say halloween
2006-10-12 14:06:14 · answer #10 · answered by Lance 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋