[waterhog]

should there be only organised fireworks displays ? 05.11.12

to all those that recycle,
my poem you can gannet,
forget hypercritical-ness,
if you light a firework it wont save the planet.
i hope there is fun,
the sky are shinning,
the retailers will make millions,
on this war the uk won't be declining.
there is danger,
i don't like the causalities,
but reading health and safety,
really faces the young with difficulties.
the solution is simple,
organised displays only,
i think this will reunite community's,
helping none being cut off and lonely.
it will stop anti social behavior-er,
people can join through choice,
no i don't want a communist state,
but its about time our environment is given a voice.


(i am sure you all no i am not one to recycle or save the earth as i think this is just the governments way to get us to do there work so they can cut costs as it is to expensive for this to get rid of our waste and recycling cuts down the work they are doing and it
cost them less. the question i want to find out is - should we do only organised displays of fireworks and stop selling these nasty dangerous things to the general public in which allot of people end up in causality through this night, scared for life. this will cut down on pollution - people getting hurt - neighborhoods not being scared and it will save your pocket as these fireworks are not cheap. so is it time to ban the firework ? or is it environmentally ok on this one night for the government to sell us explosives and make money out of a very destructive item, if you want the government to ban shops selling them - please feel free to copy and paste my poem to the conservative party. i am going to do
this first and the more people that do it, hopefully the harder the message will be, and who no's maybe one day fireworks wont be sold in our shops ?)

[joeysteele]

I personally don't see the attraction to fireworks,particularly the loud banging ones that just are being set off all the time.
Obviously having a Pet Dog, that makes it worse for me as he gets really wound up and scared by the bangs.

I wouldn't though limit fireworks just to organised displays,families should be able to set off fireworks in their Gardens if they wish to.

I would however, like to see Guy Fawkes night being just that again, 'Guy Fawkes night' and not Guy Fawkes week or weeks as it has become now.

[Marc]

Only organised, yes.

[Kizzy]

Excellent discussion topic again joe, I agree with you bonfire 'week' costs £1000's in resources.
Council run displays funded by the communities they serve annually would be much better.
Even though my lab is usually fine, next door let some off last night and he came and sat on my knee!!
He is 5 stone! haha

[arista]

There is less fireworks this year
as not as much money is about/around

[waterhog]

640pm hear and it is as quiet as normal just the occasional bang - i am sure it will pick up later.

[lostalex]

There was an episode of Idiot Abroad when the guy was in Mexico, and they had some holiday where they throw fireworks at each other, and set them off in the middle of the urban center and the cops don't seem to care at all. I forget the name of the festival, but it was pretty hilarious. I can't imagine anything like that happening in America or the UK though. I'm sure some people definitely lost some fingers.

Yes fireworks should be restricted to professional shows only. The professional ones are much nicer anyway. That being said people will still always get their hands on illegal fireworks.