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Vancouver, B.C. Nice nice

[quote=Heatless]Know your target audience, if you're going to go around and make little children think they're about to die, of course you'll get in trouble.[/quote]

Well, I'm not walking around to scare them...they're comming to MY property.

yeah calling the cops was way too extreme

they got mad for scaring their kids, but no need to call cops

All that for a rubber glove? What idiots...

I had to work the night shift, so I didn't get to do anything special.
But one year, i was trick-or-treating, and after we had gotten our candy, a guy started up a leaf blower (to sound like a chainsaw) and chased us away screaming! XD

i think kids who go trick-or-treating nowadays expect it to be a jolly time dressing up as w/e and asking for candy and not expecting a fright or two.

but really, calling the cops was a bit unnecessary

Parents sound like stuck up snobs ;d
They should know that their kids are going to get scared during Trick-or-Treating; it's part of the damn Halloween Spirit.

Plus, the scare wasn't even bad compared to the ones people have been posting. Around my neighborhood people scare the living crap out of little kids and the parents laugh. No one really gets crossed at anyone. Heck, most of the kid's parents laugh at their child and comfort them by saying it's all part of the experience and that the monsters aren't real. Of course no one goes over the top in the sense of a man running around with a flamethrower.

In all cereal-ness, calling the cops was a stupid move and anyone saying that he shouldn't be scaring kids should lighten up. It's a damn holiday were people are meant to be scared.

Wtf, their just being sensitive i woulda lmao if my child came back screaming

Some people's sensitivity are the worst. It just gives an apocalypse a need to rise sooner.
Edit: After that, the good guys begin to say to them: I see...I kicked your butt, get out of here!

i loled at the third parent part xD
but srly it Halloween, you have to be scared geez >->

They are over reacting and a lil sensitive. Seeing it's Halloween, of course you'll have to anticipate a couple "tricks" before you get candies at the door.
Man, people have become so soft ans sensitive. And overactive too =/

Lol. No. People it just dumb.

[quote=sonikuboy]Lol all the kids that came to my house my dad just lied to them all like OMG YOU LOOK SO SCARY just to get rid of them quickly.

This one batch of kids looked so outraged with what we were giving out, like they expected us to give them expensive candy.[/quote]

You got the Yui hair its so cute T-T

Anyways OT: What a stupid thing to call the cops over. They have better things to do on a Sunday night than scold the boy who scared your child on halloween

lol how is a glove scary good prank

Paranoid parents LOL. And if the children are too young for something like this, then they should stay home.

[quote=Deciduous]i can see why parents would be mad. calling the cops seems extreme/a waste of time, but how else would you stop somebody scaring the crap out of your kids?[/quote]
I can't really see why. It's Hallow-Freaking-Ween. The whole point of the holiday is scares and treats. If it were my kid, and he got both, I would be laughing my butt off. Hell, I remember one year when I was walking around with my brother, there was this one house with all the lights off save for a solitary pumpkin and a slightly cracked garage door. As you walked up to the house, the door would RIP up and a man in a terrifying ghoul costume would jump out with a chainsaw and chase you down his driveway. It was awesome, the guy was really nice and gave out some of the most epic candy ever. Parents nowadays are such pansies that it pisses me off, yet there's nothing I can do about it.

Halloween is about fun'and games, i think your trick was completely justified.

@fpsmuch: then i'll go ahead and cite cultural differences. while rules aren't explicit here in the US, it's fairly obvious that something like what TS did is rude in terms of how you should treat trick-or-treaters, especially considering age.
and when i'm talking specifically about a part of Halloween and the rules that go with it, it's not like saying i misunderstand the basics of Halloween would mean much. it's all in the same spirit of course, but obviously the scare-your-pants-off Halloween isn't 100% aligned with the (supposed to be) kid friendly trick-or-treating.

tedious argument, i'm stopping my side here.

[quote=Sv560]How did you stick your hand out? Is there like a hole on your door?

But being rude does not justify having cops called on you.[/quote]

Forgot to mention it was a mail slot

@fpsmuch: well they shouldn't and they sure don't in my neighborhood. just because rude people choose to break that contract doesn't nullify it as a basic set of rules, that's like saying table manners don't exist because somebody eats with their hands.
also i was specifically talking about trick-or-treating, not Halloween.

Calling the cops WAS extreme, but doing that to little kids is also a bit extreme. Yeah, it's Halloween, but little kids don't understand that: to little kids it's just a day where you dress up and go out at night and get candy. So imo both the parent and you were in the wrong.

I didn't do anything for Halloween because I'm too ~*~mature~*~ no jk my mom is working tonight and doesn't want me going out on my own and Idk anyone having a Halloween party ):
/pathetic

[quote=fpsmuch]@Deciduous: Using a rubber hand to scare children, that isn't going over the top, resorting to calling the police even when there are parents around is unnecessary.
Now if you compare that to a person running around with a...flamethrower for example, that would require restaint. Little kids shouldn't walk around at 'night' knocking on 'stranger's' without expecting to be scared.
Perhaps they could interpret this as an example somehow relation to the concept of 'don't trust strangers'?[/quote]

turning off the lights on an empty porch and touching kids with a rubber hand does seem a bit much. i'm not sure what to say on the cop issue, except that there's less guarantee TS would listen to one angry parent as opposed to a cop.
also i don't see why you're still trying to debate the BASICS of trick-or-treating. you leave your light on, parents come with their kids, or kids old enough to manage on their own and you give candy to them. obviously if some of the kids can't even leave the house at night alone, they're extremely likely to freak out and even the kids who come alone are in the same boat.

[quote=fpsmuch]And you don't think randomly knocking on someone's door threatening them to either to give them candy or else they'll scare them is rude? It's the "spirit" of hallowe'en, a night of fear and scare.[/quote]

really? the whole basis of trick-or-treating is that people enter into a sort of social contract that they're willing to give out free candy if they've got their lights on. i don't see how you'd turn that around to justify scaring the crap out of little kids.
it's alright to get into the Halloween spirit, but you should be smart about it and show proper restraint.

[quote=Jake305]I prefer it be called Kangaroo Land, thank you very much•[/quote]

Kangaroos! <3

@Spencerx: they're still kids who are fairly easily scared and out after dark. and really they're only there because they have parents with them.
it just comes off as one of those things you don't do, it's rude.

@Jake305: trick or treating is basically made for kids, i don't see why they wouldn't participate. once people get into their teens they usually see it as uncool and so things like parties or going to haunted houses/scary movies are their Halloween activities of choice.

My sister handed out scoops of ice cream straight from the container,
She lol'd knowing they'd have to take it out, or that it'll melt and ruin the rest of the candy,

[quote=Deciduous]@YungSword: trick-o-treaters are usually pretty young. don't think it's so great to scare 2~7 year olds.[/quote]

it was actually kids 7-12...the girl who i scared was 10, found out from the police officers

@fpsmuch: well you guys have fun with that. don't know why i'm fighting mainstream basil mindset on this anyway.

@YungSword: trick-o-treaters are usually pretty young. don't think it's so great to scare 2~7 year olds.

[quote=Jake305]Let me guess, America?
•_•[/quote]

Canada

And let me guess...Aussie?

sounds like the glove from Harry Potter, the one that sucks out the light that Malfoy used in Book 6

i can see why parents would be mad. calling the cops seems extreme/a waste of time, but how else would you stop somebody scaring the crap out of your kids?