Is Halloween Dangerous?
We still buy it [the idea that our neighbors turn into murderers one night every year], even though Joel Best, a sociologist at the University of Delaware, has researched the topic and spends every October telling the press that there has never been a single case of any child being killed by a stranger’s Halloween candy. (Oh, yes, he concedes, there was once a Texas boy poisoned by a Pixie Stix. But his dad did it for the insurance money. He was executed.)
Full article on the truth about neighbors poisoning Halloween candy. HT to David Henderson.
You missed the real problem on Halloween. According to the Christine O’Donnel, the republican candidate for Senator in Delaware, many people “fall victim to human sacrifice”
A happy Halloween “boo” to everyone at the NCPA.
artk, we don’t have witches in my state. So no human sacrifices. (LOL)
Happy Halloween, everyone.
Here are some tips on how to have a happy Halloween:
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2010/july/right-wing-think-tanks-and-health-policy
Happy Halloween!
When I was a kid there was an abundance of hearsay and anecdotes of kids eating candied apples with razor blades in them. I recall all manner of experts advising parents to examine their kids candy before allowing then to eat it.