This opinion ALWAYS gets me into trouble!
New Years Eve, the only evening where it is acceptable to get hammered and play with explosives. Because that is what fireworks are: Explosives!Here in Denmark, every New Years Eve always produce the same story: Rescue personnel, like firefighters and EMT's, are getting SHOT AT with fireworks - and it's usually a bunch of teens who are extremely bored. Many so called experts always ask the same question: "How can we make sure this doesn't happen?"
The answer to that is extremely simple: Ban fireworks to private people. If you MUST use it, you have to be specially trained, or possibly have a military background, preferably with the EOD. You need to have a good understanding of explosives as well. If you don't have either of those things, you cannot buy any fireworks.
That is what I believe will solve that issue. I wrote that on a Facebook thread, and people are NOT happy. At all! Here are just a small selection of comments that I have received on this opinion: "Die!". "f*ck off! Let people have fun!". "You are the reason why I am in favor of the death penalty".. But this one is my favourite: "Commie!"..
Because wanting to ban fireworks is SOMEHOW communist
The fact is: Fireworks ARE explosives. Mix explosives with a ridiculous intake of alcohol, and the results are quite clear!
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Saying all, or even many, of the people who pick up a firework are drunken morons was never going to make you friends on social media.
Check with Mr Google. I did. Most of the problems in Denmark are caused by illegal fireworks. Ban fireworks, or make them difficult to get = more illegal ones and more problems.
Illegal fireworks are the pits - loud AND dangerous, sheesh.