Thursday, October 30, 2008

The war on Halloween

Silly teachers



via Daimnation! by damian on 10/30/08

These stories always seem to come from Toronto, don't they? (Mind you, this will be your city in five years.)

...the Toronto District School Board has several "concerns" with respect to the imagery – and even the foodstuffs – associated with All Hallow's Eve. In fact, some schools in Toronto and elsewhere now refer to Halloween as "Black and Orange Day," fearing the H-word itself will be as potentially offensive to certain groups as Christmas may be for some non-Christians. The TDSB's Halloween policy is outlined in its 2008 Teaching Resource for Dealing with Controversial and Sensitive Issues in Toronto District School Board Classrooms. This document, dripping with spine-tingling bureaucratese, outlines six reasons why Halloween isn't as fun as you might think.

Damian P.

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