John Leo has up his list of the greatest victims of the year. I'd forgotten some of these stories and and missed others like this one.

Children of witches are victimized by Halloween. Coming to class dressed as a witch on Halloween is a violation of "equitable schools' policies," according to the Toronto district school board. The board said it feared "traumatic shock" if children treat "the Christian sexist demonization of pagan religious beliefs as 'fun.'"

Gosh, is anything left over from my childhood going to remain? Piggy banks are out and we can't have jungle gyms or teeter totters any more. The world really is a topsy-turvy place.