01-02-2025, 10:56 PM
"When a heavy drinking holiday like New Years Eve or the 4th of July is combined with explosive devices that the drunk launch operators only handle for a few hours twice a year, it’s surprising it’s not worse."
I'm quite sure numerous intoxicants were involved here!
While in no way condoning the use of the types of firecrackers involved here, I can see, if done responsibly, in a wide open place like such as Hawaiian Acres, or as Obie pointed out, off the end of a dock on a lake where the only potential casualties are the person(s) igniting the fuse, or, and sorry Tang, maybe a few fishes in the lake as being OK, but this was done IN PURE SUBURBIA - where you can open your window and flush your neighbors toilet. And then in a garage at that! If this was done in Los Angeles, half of California would be on fire.
Regardless of cultural customs, heritage or just plain fun, common sense had the night off in this case.
And in the end, us taxpayers' foot the bill. Again. I'm sure millions will be appropriated, task forces assembled, maybe even a few Army Humvees etc., and guess what we will be talking about next July 4th and then again December 31st?
I'm quite sure numerous intoxicants were involved here!
While in no way condoning the use of the types of firecrackers involved here, I can see, if done responsibly, in a wide open place like such as Hawaiian Acres, or as Obie pointed out, off the end of a dock on a lake where the only potential casualties are the person(s) igniting the fuse, or, and sorry Tang, maybe a few fishes in the lake as being OK, but this was done IN PURE SUBURBIA - where you can open your window and flush your neighbors toilet. And then in a garage at that! If this was done in Los Angeles, half of California would be on fire.
Regardless of cultural customs, heritage or just plain fun, common sense had the night off in this case.
And in the end, us taxpayers' foot the bill. Again. I'm sure millions will be appropriated, task forces assembled, maybe even a few Army Humvees etc., and guess what we will be talking about next July 4th and then again December 31st?
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