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Seriously?
When I was a kid, I remember the year that we had to have a chaperone while trick-or-treating for the first time. It was kind of a drag. We, as children, wanted to run screaming like wild banshees all over the place; that's sort of the whole idea. But we still managed to have fun with an adult present. After all, one or two adults, thirty or forty kids...we were still in charge!
If we had been given a 4-hour party at the fire hall instead, it would have taken away the entire point of Halloween - namely, participating in some tame chaos, scaring our neighbors, yelling until we were hoarse, TPing lawns, fighting for the most candy and getting to let out a lot of pent-up energy. You can have a party anytime. A party isn't a challenge; it doesn't offer a lot of exercise (and it was a workout to run around for 3 hours looking for houses that still had candy - I grew up in a rural area), and how many of those cranky old neighbors do you think would show up? About zero.
The adults in the article really miss the point of Halloween. It's not about the candy, it's about getting a tiny little taste of freedom and control over your own life. For a few hours a year, you're not on a short leash. You get to run and scream and cause mayhem. I enjoyed Halloween more than Christmas and Easter.
And in my entire childhood, not one single child was hurt on Halloween. No one got lost or murdered or kidnapped, and no one got fed a razor apple or cyanide candy. (I grew up in a small town like the one in the article, for the record. I don't know what it's like trick-or-treating in the city.)
I know the difference between anecdotal and statistical data, of course, so I have to wonder - do the statistics really say that children are at any significant risk if they trick-or-treat with an adult chaperone? Was there some sort of event that caused this, or is it just people getting hysterical again?
Sadness 
At least they didn't ban the holiday outright though, right? XP
I read about the whole razorblade candy thing on Snopes once though... apparently it's mostly an urban myth, as the few people crazy enough to do something like that were doing to their own children
Really, banning trick-or-treating? That's like banning the Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas presents, Easter egg hunts, fireworks...
The fact that this pea-brained minion of the fearmongers is "surprised" that people are reacting negatively to banning a fun tradition just makes me cringe. And the fact that this seems to be over break-ins only further proves that the "officials" in question are idiots; criminals will continue being criminals whether or not trick-or-treating is banned.
It's one of those incidents that would make an awesome South Park episode, but in real life, it just makes you want to bang your head against a wall.
I remember my mom would NOT Let us(my sister and I) touch our candy until she and my dad sifted through it throwing away the opened candy and the sketchy stuff.
Only when I was in like, 9th grade and on did I not have a parent with me...I'd be in a BIG group of friends. We were respectful. We just wanted the candy, to stay up late, and hang out! I think parents think their kids are going to do what they did when they were young...but kids are supposed to do stupid things and get in trouble, they can't exactly get away with it when they're adults!
I agree, parties are either before Halloween, or on Halloween night when you're an adult with no kids and want to go have fun. I mean, it's on a SATURDAY night this year! Those poor, poor kids.
This is ridiculous the whole notion of "putting my kid in a bubble is going to protect them" is retarded. I really hate how over-protective the kids are these days. How do they expect them to grow up if you keep setting these restrictions?
If break-ins are the issue, the town should issue pamphlets on public safety or something. PAMPHLETS ARE THE ANSWERRR
Maybe it's just the sensation of getting old and jaded, but since I was a kid I've noticed that each year, halloween gets less celebrated. And that kind of bums me out, cause it's the best holiday, ever.
I remember the fears of razorblades, poison, child abduction, blah blah blah all that stuff And yeah, protecting your kids is important. but to ban a holiday? that's protection to the point of insanity. That's putting kids in a bubble.
The adults in the article really miss the point of Halloween. It's not about the candy, it's about getting a tiny little taste of freedom and control over your own life. For a few hours a year, you're not on a short leash. You get to run and scream and cause mayhem. I enjoyed Halloween more than Christmas and Easter.
THIS. THIS SO HARD.