[AccessD] Friday musings

Since it's about to become Good Friday, I once again muse about the
symbology inherent in this weekend -- not the Christian part of it, which is
fairly easy to comprehend, but the Easter Bunny part. I don't know the
history of this add-in, but I do find it curious.

This alleged benign bunny distributes chocolate and pure sugar eggs to
millions of children. All right, bunny rabbits, last time I turned one
upside down, don't lay eggs. Therefore they must steal them. Millions of
chickens victimized annually (presumably only certain chickens can lay
chocolate or pure sugar eggs, which makes the crime even worse). Robbed of
their progeny. And if that isn't enough, the Easter Bunny doesn't just give
his booty away, but hides it, forcing the children to hunt and search for
the booty, thereby compromising their integrity twofold.

>From whence hath this tradition emerged? Was it purely a marketing scam by
the drug dealers known as chocolate|sugar manufacturers? How long have these
drug dealers been able to purvey their wares, while the constabulary turns a
blind eye?

A.