Grayox@lemmy.ml to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoDoes anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution?message-squaremessage-square402fedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down1157file-text
arrow-up1791arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution?Grayox@lemmy.ml to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square402fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGrayox@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days ago100% Thats why there is thr Middle Way.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoAs a middle path I propose we let people buy fireworks on a free market. That way they’re there, but nobody is forced to set them off.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoAnd this “everyone” thing is a straw man. If everyone in my neighborhood alone set them off, it would be thousands of people doing this in an area about 0.5 Sq mile/1.29 Sq km/129 ha. As is, it’s about 20. And even that is quite entertaining.
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100% Thats why there is thr Middle Way.
As a middle path I propose we let people buy fireworks on a free market. That way they’re there, but nobody is forced to set them off.
And this “everyone” thing is a straw man.
If everyone in my neighborhood alone set them off, it would be thousands of people doing this in an area about 0.5 Sq mile/1.29 Sq km/129 ha.
As is, it’s about 20. And even that is quite entertaining.