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    Halloween: Not So Scary
    By Josh Witten | October 29th 2009 09:53 PM | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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    It appears that no one around these parts goes trick-or-treating anymore. Apparently, it is too dangerous what with the costumes catching on fire, rampaging cars, child molesters, and razor blades in the Tootsie Rolls. I was lucky to survive my childhood.

    Now is a good time to remind everyone about the LiveScience articles by Benjamin Radford of Skeptical Inquirer putting paid to the myths that child molesters are on the prowl for Halloween from 2007 and that sadists are filling candy with sharp, metallic objects from 2005.

    But, other than that, everyone is out to hurt you. After all, you still get to be afraid of catching on fire and being run over.

     

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