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Quote by GnV
As star said earlier, why do the UK public persist in celebrating a terrorist act against the British Parliament and the Monarch of the time after having spent so much celebrating a Diamond Jubilee of the present monarch?
This must be most confusing to many.

I think the celebration is the failure of the plot. It's Guy on the bonfire, not King James.
Where do the fireworks come in then?
The event is indeed a celebration of the discovery and subsequent failure of a terrorist plot.
The fireworks are traditionally viewed as a taunt. Had the plot succeeded there would have been a huge explosion. The fireworks represent the explosion of the gunpowder and are effectively a case of saying 'we can do it, but you can't'.
Quote by starlightcouple
The days of general parental responsibility it would seem are long gone. In this instance it does not even have to be a childs parent, it is probably an ' adult ' walking past a shop and the kids ask that ' adult ' to buy them. The adult could be a person who is only just 18. That adult could well be that kids older Brother or a friends older Brother. The point is they manage to get hold of the fireworks.
Of course parents can also show some degree of responsibility, but on many occasions the parents themselves have not got a clue what their kids are up to. Does any parent know what their 13 year old child is doing 24 hours a day? Not many do and I cannot see why any person would not agree that the instances of children maiming themselves for life through fireworks should be taken away, by banning the sale of fireworks to anyone that does not hold a current license issued by the local authority. It would be such an easy thing to do as well.
Only last night a neighbour was letting off fireworks in a garden so small, and kids were standing around watching. The kids may just have well been playing on the edge of a busy road. Maybe people should have a safety awareness course before buying fireworks as people like my neighbour obviously has not got a clue about safety, and not a clue about the dangers of fireworks that can so easily go wrong.

The days of general parental responsibility has long gone? Why? A few people do not take their responsibility seriously, but those millions that do need to be legislated for?
Doesn't make sense to me. Seems like a knee jerk reaction to something that cannot be understood..............so ban it. Something that the goverment tried to reclaim through "Common Sense, Common Safety". Obviously something else that failed by the government, as they thought it was the "jobsworths" where it now seems it is the public themselves that call for the bans
Dave_Notts
Quote by starlightcouple
I don't think there should be a total ban, as Paddy said it's part of our history.

History? What that a medieval ' terrorist ' tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill the King? If that happened today we would not be celebrating, but sending them to prison. Remember Guy Fawkes every 5 November gets thrown onto a bonfire....celebrate? Some parts of our history does not need celebrating. it was a PLOT to kill I think it was King James 1st?
Trevaunance:
The event is indeed a celebration of the discovery and subsequent failure of a terrorist plot.
The fireworks are traditionally viewed as a taunt. Had the plot succeeded there would have been a huge explosion. The fireworks represent the explosion of the gunpowder and are effectively a case of saying 'we can do it, but you can't'.

^^^ That's the response I would have put starlight (if I had been on lol )
:jagsatwork: flipa bolt
Well it seems that some would be perfectly ok with children continually being maimed each year through fireworks. People's property will each year be subject to damage through a cheap firework landing on their roof or property. Animals and adults alike will just have to put up with this little inconvenience every year.
Well as long as we have not got Big Brother telling us what to do, then we take the risks and damn the consequences. Am sure the medical profession will be glad of that as they are treating another child terrible maimed by a stray firework, or a firework they were about to let off on the streets.
:thumbup: three cheers for common sense eh?
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People's property will each year be subject to damage through a cheap firework landing on their roof or property.

Indeed.....I came home Tuesday Morning to find a spent 4ft long rocket on the drive right where I park the car ..
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People's property will each year be subject to damage through a cheap firework landing on their roof or property.

Indeed.....I came home Tuesday Morning to find a spent 4ft long rocket on the drive right where I park the car ..

lol
Mal
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Pas mal :lol2: wink
Wouldn't have been quite so funny had the car been parked there....
Quote by Steve
Wouldn't have been quite so funny had the car been parked there....


Mal
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Quote by starlightcouple
Well it seems that some would be perfectly ok with children continually being maimed each year through fireworks. People's property will each year be subject to damage through a cheap firework landing on their roof or property. Animals and adults alike will just have to put up with this little inconvenience every year.
Well as long as we have not got Big Brother telling us what to do, then we take the risks and damn the consequences. Am sure the medical profession will be glad of that as they are treating another child terrible maimed by a stray firework, or a firework they were about to let off on the streets.
:thumbup: three cheers for common sense eh?

You're Tony Blair aren't you? wink If you don't agree with Tony then you don't care for the babeeeeeee rotflmao
On a more serious note, if people look after their kids and undertake parental responsibility then the numbers would shoot down. There are enough laws to deal with this.
If the country bans stuff because it hurts children then we would live in a land of cotton wool and bubble wrap.
Dave_Notts
Quote by Dave
If the country bans stuff because it hurts children then we would live in a land of cotton wool and bubble wrap

Ahhhhhhhhh
Telly Tubbies!
Is it still on?
I don't really know G dunno
I had my fair share of watching that rubbish and pretending I enjoyed it.
Dave_Notts
What are we now......15 days after Bonfire night yes ?
Still getting fireworks going off at night....
Quote by Steve
What are we now......15 days after Bonfire night yes ?
Still getting fireworks going off at night....

Move your matches away from the blue touch paper dunno
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Dave_Notts