TET - erg, i think my post and the guy with the ascii art's post must have gotten mashed together in your memory along with some other posts
re: explosive fireworks. legal (eg off-reservation) fireworks aren't explosive - they may spray sparks, or fly and have a *report* - that is not an explosion, since the device does not fly apart into shrapnel but just spits a plug of clay out the end of the device to create the sound - otherwise there wouldn't be so many whole bottlerockets laying around after the 4th. mortars do explode, but you don't see anyone shooting them at other people - probably because a concealed gun is much more lethal than a fireworks-mortar
an armed society is a polite society - you simply don't see gangs of hoods roaming the street firing rockets into open windows, dropping smoke grenades in mailboxes etc in countries where the victim might retaliate with something a little more lethal than fireworks.
fireworks are a nuisance - YouPeople( excluding the rational ones who agree with me
) seem to think they are the equivalent of the Blitz, setting entire cities ablaze and decimating the population - you're frightened, government-hand-holding lilly-livered Pips hiding behind the skirt of the Public Good, and if you ever came over here i'm sure you would be piddling down your leg in fear for your life from all the fireworks nuts, good grief!
P.S. there's a lot of things i do like about the UK - particularly your contributions to music,television,literature and classic cinema - especially classic cinema; nearly all the great actors in american classics came from england. oh, and your slang is first rate.
i have no idea what a rational anarchist is; i'm pretty damned sure i've never met one though
Edited by - Cold_Void on 6/13/2006 11:47:14 AM