Chuck0 wrote:
> Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
>
>> Chavez: Halloween part of U.S. culture of terror
>>
>> CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez urged Venezuelan
>> parents not to dress their children in costumes for Halloween,
>> calling it a U.S. custom that has no place in the South American
>> country's cultural traditions.
>>
>> Speaking during his weekly radio and television show Sunday, Chavez
>> called Halloween a "gringa," or North American, custom. "Families go
>> and begin to disguise their children as witches," Chavez said.
>>
>> "That is contrary to our ways."
>
>
> Ah yes, Chavez is starting to look like just another tin horn dictator
> who thinks he has the right to tell his people how to live their
> lives. Now he's adopted a position roughly similar to the American
> religious right which also wants to kill Halloween. Coming up next, a
> cultural revolution to save Venezuelans from evil American influences.
>
> Jesus christ, I thought the world rejected this bullshit during the
> 20th century.
>
> Enjoying leftover Halloween candy...
>
> Chuck
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