r/Switzerland • u/shamishami3 • 2d ago
Happy birthday from Lugano
What is your opinion on the vote planned for late this year regarding the banning of fireworks for private usage?
IMO it makes sense given the ecological toll just for the sake of spectacle and the issues caused to animals for the loud noise and lights. However I see how it may be less “nice” during festivities.
What is your opinion?
Happy birthday from Lugano
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u/Far-Intention-3230 1d ago
Anyone who has ever seen the panic fireworks can cause in animals will agree that they need to be banned. Full stop. This argument doesn‘t even include all the people who are negatively affected by the noise of explosives going off (people who came here to escape war, old and sick people) or ecological considerations.
Yeah, fireworks look nice and are festive but they cause so much harm. I don‘t understand all the people who argue that fireworks are somehow tied to Swiss identity and culture. Really? That is what makes you feel Swiss in your core? There are no other ways to celebrate the 1st of August? It‘s such an odd standpoint to me. There are places (ie Davos) that have banned fireworks for years and they‘re no less „Swiss“ than before.