During the 1920's and 1930's vandalism was a major issues during Halloween parties. Schools and towns had many issues controlling the problem no matter how hard they tried. Fortunately, by the time the 1950's rolled around, Halloween was mostly celebrated in homes and classrooms instead of giant parties. The target audience was also children, who were much easier to control.
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The characteristic that is different is "Different beliefs accepted"
Any opinion that is different from what the fundamentalistic government (usually led by religious dogmas) is shunned away and people are even killed in many countries.
