The bombs bursting in air...

Jeanie

don't gimme no wrote:

Oh, trust me. I'm fighting to tone down patriot fervor all the time. And I agree, bombs are worse than fireworks

It occured to me whilst I was reading your initial post that I would probably be over fireworks too if they were utilized here in Australia to further nationlistic fervour in a bad way. But it mostly seems here, so far, that they are simply part of a celebration. One of the greatest things about them when we have them here is how people come out of their houses to watch and all stare up at the sky together. Neighbours sharing a common pleasant event.
That's a good thing. It encourages positive interaction. But I can certainly think of instances where they would be inappropriate. I just hope that we never manage to use them then.

hippiemom

tybird wrote:

Don't know which is a worse fate.........."blowing off your fingers" or "shooting your eye out" :rolleyes:

I witnessed a combination of the two! There was a girl at a party with ridiculously long fingernails, someone handed her a lit firecracker ... I don't know if she was stupid (possible), drunk (highly likely), or just didn't realize it was lit, but she stood there holding onto it until it exploded, blowing her fingernails to smithereens. A guy standing nearby had to go to the emergency room because he got fingernail shrapnel in his eye.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

tybird wrote:

True

Cosmo

don't gimme no wrote:

I thought it was interesting last night while I sat back and watched fireworks that we are perpetuating the feeling of patriotism through the symbolism of war. With “Bombs bursting in air” we celebrate our country. It seems like a more peaceful sort of symbolism might be more appropriate.

With that in mind, I think I'm going to add all fireworks to my list of boycotts.

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I think the connection of Independence Day and Patriotism... Patriotism to War... War to Iraq... Iraq to 'Shock and Awe' makes the fireworks connect to bombs and missiles.
The fact is fireworks are peaceful uses for gun powder. We see them on New Years... at Disneyland... when the home team hits a homer. I don't mind the fireworks.
I am put off when people try to say this War in Iraq is making me safer... because my logic tells me that making more people hate me... and strenghtening the resolve of the guy that wants to hit me in my homeland doesn't make me safer.

tybird

hippiemom wrote:

I witnessed a combination of the two! There was a girl at a party with ridiculously long fingernails, someone handed her a lit firecracker ... I don't know if she was stupid (possible), drunk (highly likely), or just didn't realize it was lit, but she stood there holding onto it until it exploded, blowing her fingernails to smithereens. A guy standing nearby had to go to the emergency room because he got fingernail shrapnel in his eye.

That sounds like a true party killing event!!! Bad luck for the dude.

Abookamongstthemany

hippiemom wrote:

I witnessed a combination of the two! There was a girl at a party with ridiculously long fingernails, someone handed her a lit firecracker ... I don't know if she was stupid (possible), drunk (highly likely), or just didn't realize it was lit, but she stood there holding onto it until it exploded, blowing her fingernails to smithereens. A guy standing nearby had to go to the emergency room because he got fingernail shrapnel in his eye.

fingernail shrapnel

sonicreducer

my uncle got shot in the eye with a bottle rocket. it messed it up pretty bad. he has some sort of stigmatism or something from it. i think buying fireworks is pointless, but id pay to see the big shows by the pros,...

RolandTD20Kdrummer

My neighbors must be a bit crazy. However they just moved into the house next to me (husband, wife and 10 yr old daughter) and are probably celebrating the new house as well. They lit off about 40-50 fireworks every night for 3 nights in a row. This is a close approximation. A few hours steady each night. All of them those corner store ones. I'm sure it must have cost them about $400 CAD.

I'm glad it's over.

Bu2

with buckshot, in his ass.

If he'd been sent off to Iraq, he'd be worse.

No?

Coming back to life

If fireworks were banned the streets would be safer on guyfawkes night. Maybe they should be used by venues but banned from general sale? As for fireworks being a symbol of war, well each to their own I guess.