Halloween then and now

I am back. I even missed a week of posting. Miss me? It has been a busy week but nothing too bad to report. Things are where they are at right now. I had a Halloween thought to share, though.

It seems to me that the "dangers" of Halloween have grown since I was a child (well I am still a child, but that is a story for another day). I was thinking about this on Wednesday night.

In my day, the biggest danger was the old razor blade in an apple. Dangerous and disgusting with intent, but not apt to be fatal. The potential for a lot of blood, but not likely to hit a major artery. Of course, the intent to inflict pain and damage was there on the part of the giver. Then again, who the fuck gave out apples anyway. Being allergic to apples (I found that out at 14) and not one whoever liked raw apples in any event, I would chuck any apples I received for Halloween as a matter of course.

Today, you can give out candy bars with peanuts and without intending to cause harm, kill a child with peanut allergies. A kid could die from their Halloween candy and it would be wholly unintentional. How fucked up is that?????

I am not sure what is worse. I mean the Lad has no peanut allergy so there is no issue around these parts, but I think the change in dangers is fucked up,,,,or are we fucked up?

I will leave that for you to decide. Ciao!