"The Lottery"

Every time I read "The Lottery," I find it interesting for how this town is so accepting of this ritual. To sum it up, The Lottery is an annual event in which every subject meets in the town square of the village.  First pieces of paper are put in the box, and there is one piece of paper with a black mark on it, the recipient of that paper whens the lottery. The town does it by family names first the head of household, generally a man but not always, draws for his family.  The 'lucky' winner this year was the Hutchinson family, so then they put pieces of paper in the box for as many members are in the family, and each member has to draw their on slip of paper. As a sidebar note, I would like to mention how accepting this village is of the lottery, until someone has actually been chosen. For instance, the patrons worry about the children of the village being chosen, and then when the Hutchinson family is chosen,  Mrs. Hutchinson pitches a fit, for she believes it was unfairly executed and that her husband was not given enough time to choose. So, to conclude this sidebar the people of the town is accepting of this annual event, until they are chosen or if it threatens the younger people of the village.  Therefore, I say if you feel the ritual is unjust and dangerous -- then STOP it!  However, the town is so superstitious and fearful that if they don't, then their harvest will fail; then, they continue with their event and stone an innocent person, for no good reason!