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Post by Mugsy on May 10, 2016 10:37:17 GMT -4
I thought the big '80s drug fear was dime store temporary tattoos laced with LSD. Children would be absorbing drugs through their skin all day!!!
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Post by Ginger on May 10, 2016 13:16:16 GMT -4
I thought the big '80s drug fear was dime store temporary tattoos laced with LSD. Children would be absorbing drugs through their skin all day!!! Don't forget about drug-laced Halloween candy. The premise behind all of those urban legends was that psychedelic drug users are deranged maniacs who want nothing more than to victimize innocent children. As a society, we now have a better understanding of drug users and know that anyone who paid money for some good shit isn't going to give it away to a bunch of kids for kicks.
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Post by discoprincess on May 10, 2016 13:21:52 GMT -4
Don't forget about drug-laced Halloween candy. See, I always heard about razor blades in apples and Halloween candy that had been laced with actual poison, not narcotics*. That's probably why my parents didn't take me trick or treating in the big city. * I am assuming that the narcotics were not meant to kill.
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Post by kostgard on May 10, 2016 14:14:54 GMT -4
I was watching something recently on the Halloween candy, and it turns out that the actual poisonings on record were all cases of someone intentionally trying to kill a kid they know (like a father who put poison in his kid's pixie stix). Those stories got blown up into strangers poisoning their candy and everyone freaked out.
Just goes to show that as usual with murder, you need to worry about the people you know, not some rando.
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Post by LAX on May 10, 2016 14:32:36 GMT -4
My childhood was made considerably less fun because of the ban on Halloween in our household and I place no small amount of blame on bizarre church propaganda like this. Topic: I'll bet Kirk is the kind of guy who'd give out Chick Tracks instead of Halloween Candy. That is if he actually gave out something instead of standing on this doorstep and telling all the little heathens they're going to hell for celebrating Satan's holiday.
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Post by Hamatron on May 10, 2016 19:52:08 GMT -4
Oh god, Jack Chick tracks. I had forgotten about those. I went to a liberal hippy college. You can major in lgbtq studies there. Anyway, we had a lot of Christian groups that would pose as students and do other things to try to trick us... And "save us." And there were always Chick Tracks everywhere. They were the most hate-filled ridiculous pamphlets ever. They used to be good for a laugh. Jesus sends people to burn in hell over the pettiest thungs.
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Post by Ladybug on May 10, 2016 21:04:02 GMT -4
I had a coworker who would leave Chick tracts in the break room. He thought no one knew who it was. Someone finally complained to the director and it stopped. They were so ridiculous I got a kick out of reading them, but obviously they are totally inappropriate for the workplace. My favorites were the anti-Catholic ones calling communion wafers "death cookies" and the ones warning about New Orleans. Oh, and the anti-evolution ones were pretty hilarious too.
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Post by narm on May 10, 2016 21:15:53 GMT -4
I have a rosary from the Vatican hanging from my rearview mirror. It's a gift from a good friend that got it for me when he visited. Once I ran into a store for a minute and came out to an anti-Catholic Chick Tract stuck in my windshield wipers. I stood there and flipped a double bird high in the air, for like a full minute just in case my saviors were still anywhere near the vicinity. Because I'm basically 14, forever.
Topic: I would feel very sorry for poor Kirk and his obvious loneliness if it weren't for that crawlspace.
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Post by kostgard on May 10, 2016 21:18:05 GMT -4
I found a Chick Tract when I worked in a department store stuck in a pile of t-shirts. It was all about eeeeeeeevil Muslims and their crazy, blood-thirsty moon god.
I wonder if Kirkles would be down with the Chick Tracts. They seem to have the brand of intolerance he loves, but he very much seems to be "It's The Way of The Master or straight to hell. No other path will do!"
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Post by LAX on May 10, 2016 22:32:38 GMT -4
The Chick tract from my childhood that stands out most in my memory was The Gay Blade, a story of a young gay man whose "deviant" lifestyle eventually leads to his partner being murdered, himself almost dying from a gay bashing (the gist being the fault lies with the gays for this violence. if they weren't so sinful no one would feel the need to beat them to death. gah.) He ends up homeless, lamenting he'll die alone because "no one will ever love an old queen" until he calls his father who leads him to repent and goes on to live happily ever after. At the time I first encountered this tract my gay cousin was living with my family after my super fundie aunt and uncle kicked him out of the house. He was a good guy, I really liked him, and from my time with my cousin ensured that no amount of demonizing from the church or Chick could make me believe that gay was the terrible thing they wanted me to believe. I see the Gay Blade is no longer published on Chick's site. At first I thought it might be because Chick might have gained a more progressive view of homosexuality over the years, but viewing the other anti-gay tracts I realize they've only gotten worse. Has anyone, ever, been converted by one of these tracts? I should hope not.
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