11-year-old fights the power of the nanny-state, brings Halloween back after a 16-year absence.
This is one of those stories that really chaffes my... well you know. There's so much silly paranoia based on perceptions of risk that are totally out of whack with any reality, it's almost impossible to fathom.
Let's review some of the better quotes.
Here's a 15-year-old speaking... frankly, I'd expect a little mroe courage from an Amercian teen.
Fifteen-year-old Braden Craig said: "I have a gut-wrenching feeling something bad's going to happen."
Oh shut up dork... go lock yourself in your bedroom and play your XBox then. Sheesh!
Here's another good one from the Sheriff...
"If this all goes well, that's great, that's fantastic. I long for those days, too. But the world has changed," said Police Chief Robert Wenner, a father of five who was a patrolman when the murder occurred."
Really? It's changed? Wait I don't understand... the murder happened 16-years ago... no one has been murdered since. Is he pining for the days when children were murdered in the streets? I mean I guess he's right, in a way, the world HAS changed. Somehow I don't think he means it the way it sounds.
And then there's this mother, who might very well be insane. Certainly her daughter is likely to suffer major separation anxiety one day in the near future.
Shannon Goodman got a tether to make sure her 2-year-old daughter, who will dress as a witch, doesn't wander off while they go door to door. "It's going to be a lot of fun, but every parent who cares about their kid should have that fear," she said.
Every parent should have what fear? That if their children aren't literally tied to them after dark that someone will come and snatch them away right under their very noses? Sheesh, these people are paranoid!
And then finally, my favorite part. I always enjoy it when somebody falls for the urban legend that someone once put razor blades in Halloween candy. I've been hearing that line of bullcorn for 30 years.
The local radio station has been running a public service announcement by Wenner urging parents to accompany their children, examine any candy before it is eaten and make sure kids wear reflective material.
By the way, the murderers were caught right after the body was found. So unless the killers are undead and able to move through walls, or are set to escape on the 16-year anniversary of the killings only to go on a vengeful rampage through the town they terrified so many years ago... all of which are plots from cheesy horror movies, then I think things are going to be just fine.
Anyway, major props to Elizabeth Roess. You go girl! Don't take no shit off nobody!
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I think this is where the sentiment of "let's protect our kids" goes a little too far. Heck, even JFK junior had his bike stolen while riding through Central Park when he was younger and he had secret service detail! Let the kids go trick or treating.
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