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Well, sorry for taking exception to the idea that people are going to turn up on my door step throughout the evening demanding to be awarded goodies with no cited justification besides a half-hearted appeal to authority. I never signed up for this. Now, I don't have a problem with Halloween itself at all, that I don't take part is purely a matter of personal taste, and to anyone who does dress up and go partying that or any other night of the year, I say more power to them. But to march kids around the neighbourhood asking that other people contribute to their own party with actual goods and supplies without so much as an invitation to join them? I should not have to expect that sort of behaviour and I should not have to expect to be chided for feeling that way either.
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You have not been chided for not participating. As I said, participate, don't participate. Doesn't matter. The people who do participate do so because it is a fun little event. That's all. Noone expects you to pass out candy. We just ask that you not advertise that you will be (leaving the light above your door on) if you don't want to. Everyone involved is a willing participant. What I don't expect is to be viewed as some sort of solicitor, going door to door requesting what isn't mine, because myself and others decide to have fun with our children and give other children a fun night. It's the derisive tone that I take offense to. Also the idea that it's an actual inconvenience. It really fucking isn't. Not by the wildest stretch of the imagination.