Ike and Tina Burner
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- Mar 22, 2019
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Anyone saying ban them needs to give this some actual thought. Most arguments against fireworks can also be made equally effectively against booze, motorbikes, football matches, many dog breeds, the celebration of Christmas, casual sex, swimming in the sea or basically anything that's fun. Finding something annoying is NOT a reason to ban it. "The public cannot be trusted" is not a strong argument either because the public regularly show that about just about everything. I am not aware of any statistics that show fireworks to cause an unacceptable level of death or injury (0.6 deaths a year, about 100 injurys per year, that's as far as I can find out). And before anyone says "fireworks are pointless so banning them for petty reasons is fine", that argument also works against most things that bring enjoyment.
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