But is that worth selling your souls to the American overlords? Germany has been adopting Halloween in recent years, too. Somehow it primarily feels just like a justification for more consumption of useless merchandise -- after all we already have Karneval (see http://images.google.com.au/images?q=rosenmontag&btnG=Search+Images -- another event based mostly on pagan tradition). Similarly we nowadays get Santa Claus delivering Christmas presents, while the German tradition has the "Christkind" ("christ-child").
Not that I'm against change, but the American cultural imperialism was getting a bit scary -- particularly since it was largely based on utter ignorance. Fortunately Bush saved us: the general opinion on American culture isn't as high anymore as it used to be, so American ideas face more resistance than a few years ago. OTOH: hardly any reason is bad enough not to justify a party :-) Peter On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Christian Catchpole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My friends and I had a Halloween party. But we just like dressing up > like freaks. It's the perfect opportunity for the ladies to dress > inappropriately but with unquestionable justification. (I could have > phrased that differently, but chose to be tactful). > > > -- What happened to Schroedinger's cat? My invisible saddled white dragon ate it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
