tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post5963067911790900669..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Incendiary devicesPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-58851870644585904052006-11-09T17:13:00.000+00:002006-11-09T17:13:00.000+00:00If we banned fireworks, we would never have such i...If we banned fireworks, we would never have such interesting learning experiences retold in our media, like this one...<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6132140.stm<br /><br />!!!Richard Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849882698277474267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-88698249567103623502006-11-09T17:01:00.000+00:002006-11-09T17:01:00.000+00:00Paul, not sure this is right. Why not have them -...Paul, not sure this is right. Why not have them - there was never any problem some years back. Or is it all the new ASBOs who have caused the problem? Fireworks are part of our tradition and I'm not sure we should be meddling with our traditions, just at this worrying moment in our history.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-35707854883971590912006-11-09T16:00:00.000+00:002006-11-09T16:00:00.000+00:00Fireworks are really useful for something (having ...Fireworks are really useful for something (having fun) - that's why they are so popular.<br /><br />Cars are useful to some, not all. You are simply advocating banning minority pursuits because you find them as nuisance-causing as non-car drivers find cars.<br /><br />Why not ban dogs because they foul the pavement, or chewing gum for that matter. or cigarettes...<br /><br />The moral Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-9854109232095815052006-11-09T15:38:00.000+00:002006-11-09T15:38:00.000+00:00If I went to someone's house and started shouting ...If I went to someone's house and started shouting bang repeatedly and randomly through the letter box, I would be arrested (or possibly sectioned). So why does some a*se think letting off fireworks in his garden is acceptable (yes, I mean you number 18)? Ban them. But then I am a totalitarian.stalin's granhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152454150416060673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-50200957480438525432006-11-09T15:30:00.000+00:002006-11-09T15:30:00.000+00:00Fireworks are already illegal. Have been for donk...Fireworks are <b>already</b> illegal. Have been for donkeys' years. Have a look here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/blackstone/bk4ch13.htm">Avalon Project</a><br /><br /><i>"The making and felling of fireworks and fquibs, or throwing them about in any ftreet, is, on account of the danger that may enfue to any thatched or timber buildings, declared to be a common nufance,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-61880247935271091102006-11-09T14:31:00.000+00:002006-11-09T14:31:00.000+00:00How about the fact that motor vehicles are actuall...How about the fact that motor vehicles are actually useful for something?Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-45729889551479840832006-11-09T14:27:00.000+00:002006-11-09T14:27:00.000+00:00I don't really understand the arguments for keepin...I don't really understand the arguments for keeping motor vehicles on sale to the public when you look at the nuisance, injuries and disruption they cause.<br /><br />Sorry to be so dismissive of your argument but I really hate the 'ban it' mentality.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-23881214369386427842006-11-09T14:03:00.000+00:002006-11-09T14:03:00.000+00:00If I can chip in on behalf of the old farts, I am ...If I can chip in on behalf of the old farts, I am fed up with rockets <i>still</i> going off every night and sounds in the background like Baghdad on a quiet night. Recently I got up ant 3.30 am for a pee and heard fireworks going off even then. Yep, ban the sodding lot of them.skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632351344359303404noreply@blogger.com