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Home Depot has said it will be pulling the "Scary Peeper Creeper" from its stores after a complaint the Halloween decoration made light of a "serious crime."
The decoration, which attaches by suction cups to window panes, resembles a hooded man peeking into the room. The page for the item on Home Depot's website advertises it as a way to play pranks on "friends and family during Halloween or any other time of the year."
I better toss my fake vulture and cobwebs. The vulture clearly pokes fun at death. How juvenile. The fake tarantula offends tarantulas as it perpetuates the creepy and inaccurate stereotype they have been given, which hardly represents reality.
Just FYI though, if there's a huge snake coiled up under the hedge or a scorpion on the wall of the house, those aren't decorations.
I immediately noticed something else about that peeper.
Did anyone else?
Oh, boy... if it had been any color other than white the lawyers would be signing people up.
Halloween used to be for little children -- a time for them to dress up and get free candy. It should be taken away from the adults and returned to the kids.
"I fail to see the humour in it," Hunt-Wells said in an interview on CBC Radio's Metro Morning show today.*"It makes light of a very serious crime. Voyeurism is a crime in Canada." *
Hunt-Wells, a teacher and mother of two, said she has*researched the issue since discovering the decoration, and said*voyeurism can*often escalate into sexual*assaults, including rape.*"This is not a harmless crime," she said.
CBC raised the issue with Home Depot over the weekend*and the store*agreed it wasn't appropriate.*
"We agree that this is not in line with our core values, and when we heard, took immediate action and are currently in the process of removing this product from our assortment," said Home Depot spokeswoman*Emily DiCarlo
"We've reached out to advise the customer of our actions and apologize. We're sorry for any offence that was caused."
Woman applauds Home Depot's decision
Hunt-Wells says Home Depot made the right decision, but the Scary Peeper Creeper*should never have appeared on store shelves.
"I'm glad to see that Home Depot is responsive to change based on customer feedback," she said.*
Hunt-Wells also said the decoration shouldn't be dismissed as a gag that's in keeping with typical Halloween fun.*
"I would say to people that say 'it's just a joke' there are a lot of things in our society that have been just a joke over time," she said.*"Racial jokes, cultural jokes. It takes some talking and thinking to realize that maybe we need to be more sensitive. The people that commit this crime are not harmless people."
This is not a crime, its a decoration.
NO NO NO NO NO... This woman is a complete idiot. I'm disappointed they would give in to her scared outlook of life.
What's next?
No more witches because a few wiccans find it disrespectful?
No more pumpkins because vegans feel offended?
No more shovels because people have been known to dig graves?
Do you know how many people get electrocuted every year; it can be deadly..
Damn it Depot... STAND UP FOR YOURSELVES... you don't need to give in to every nut job's request.
We should get rid of any costume that makes fun of or scares people in any way, shape, or form.
Way to go America, one step further along the road to total PC.
Schools have already outlawed many costumes for the traditional Hallowe'en Party. Children are being sent home if their costume is deemed "inappropriate". Monsters, witches, Scary masks, (who decides how scared I am?) cardboard weapons, (spears, swords).
No wonder children are content to sit on the couch and play video games. PC has sucked the marrow out of any fun they can have.
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