Child criminals?

When is Halloween going to be banned?

October 31st is a celebration of Satanic ritual, witchcraft and a salutation of black arts that promotes sending children out on a dark night to knock on stranger's doors, sometimes unaccompanied by adults. Are people that ignorant about paedophilia and often its connection with the darker side of life?

Unfortunately, it is also becoming the practice of older children to blackmail people by demanding money or face physical damage to their person or property. Do we really want to encourage our youth to become child criminals? What kind of world are we living in where we celebrate the black arts by dressing our children in ghoulish costumes and send them out on a satanic festival to highjack people for material gain?

In Russia Halloween has been banned in Moscow schools.
In a letter sent to school heads and governors teachers were warned that: "The very fact that Halloween activities contain elements such as the cult of death, rejecting death, personification of death and evil spirits produces a destructive effect upon the psychological, moral and spiritual health of students." A ban had earlier been called for by Russian Orthodox Church leaders who claimed the pagan festival was "satanic".

Should we not think a little further and consider banning Hallowen or, at least, make this festival more widely understood for what it really promotes?