Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.23.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 22:12:07 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:18:49 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 22 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-GDOZvlT1JJoNkYqGAxuvmvJ7Zu8Oc21hM/FaqgqMNSunZfKsDpmRwMTv9Onfo4aK4z4dVvUjw+16vUY!fFmsAuhZYzEd6Fu12xP6/q5Mn4rDdwrQFG0ucGmXw1+qVQ2vKy9pxK1+j1Saep6bFOiQUhizQ6I2!/ZAZfQHHk7XNgCPe6gmoUgpkhGL8B2fakSaNAt/anmkpEg== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2180 In article , Your Name wrote: > On 2024-03-12 07:37:40 +0000, FPP said: > > On 3/11/24 4:36 PM, super70s wrote: > >> > >> Savings time has been around for as long as I remember and I'm old. > >> They did lengthen it several years ago and now you have kids trick or > >> treating while the sun is still up. > > > > It's safer that way... > > Even safer to ban silly Halloween altogether. Outside of a police state, how do you ban Halloween? I'm trying to envision a scenario where the government could legally prohibit people from walking their kids around their own neighborhood and getting treats from their neighbors. They certainly couldn't stop all the decorations and the parties. That's 1st Amendment-protected activity and expression.