Comments on: Restoring Sanity One Civic Ritual At a Time https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2010/10/30/restoring-sanity-one-civic-ritual-at-a-time/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:42:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: nord https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2010/10/30/restoring-sanity-one-civic-ritual-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7445 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:42:45 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1392#comment-7445 Our local school always gets a few complaints about Halloween/Valentine’s Day being either too pagan or too Christian. Either way, they are the only two holidays our public schools’ celebrate. I’m more offended by the “winter holiday” celebrations that seem to be produced by a deaf lawyer with a music selection by B101 than the controls over Katie Perry costumes among the 4th graders.

]]> By: tom van dyke https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2010/10/30/restoring-sanity-one-civic-ritual-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7444 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:16:30 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1392#comment-7444 A strong analogy, Mr. Burke: Halloween and the Stewart/Colbert rally. Trivial but amusing.

]]> By: kit https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2010/10/30/restoring-sanity-one-civic-ritual-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7443 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:57:13 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1392#comment-7443 Amen, Tim.

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2010/10/30/restoring-sanity-one-civic-ritual-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7442 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:35:47 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1392#comment-7442 There really is a concerted effort to destroy Halloween, one of the most wonderful translations of the pre-modern. In addition to paternalistic “Trunk-or-Treat” and Mall-based celebrations, which are everywhere, our local Y is staging a drop-off Halloween party tonight, the highlight of which is the free flu shots for kids, and my paper today had a 1/3rd page Parenting story headlined “Halloween is the time to teach moderation”!!

And there was the predictable “Trick-or-treating on Sunday is blasphemy; celebrate on Saturday if you must.” letter in the paper this week.

]]> By: Russell Arben Fox https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2010/10/30/restoring-sanity-one-civic-ritual-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7441 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:11:32 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1392#comment-7441 Awesome, Tim. I couldn’t agree more–though I probably would have waxed a little more ponderously about civic health and community than just endorsed the “bacchanalia” flat-out. But whatever; great post. I’m going to have to link to it.

]]>