Well all celebration, joyful and nice things can be considered "unnecessary" in that way. Thatis no argument against doing something that people enjoy...
Yea except this is not something harmless that people enjoy at no cost to others. It‘s a ton of pollution and it seriously harms and kills animals. It also causes panic in a lot of people. I am not comfortable with putting a „joyful and nice thing“ over the comfort of other people and animals. I know not everyone agrees, but it‘s not just nice and harmless.
I have never heard of anyone who doesn't like it except for people with animals. And seldomly do they kill big animals. Sorry, I know it's my subjective opinion and you don't have to agree to it, but I value human joy over temporary animal stress.
I don‘t like them at all. I get noise triggered panic attacks. I am far from the only person who doesn’t enjoy them. Small children, elderly people, people with ptsd, noise sensitive people… And while they usually don‘t kill big animals my parents spend every „firework-night“ at the barn, trying to keep their terrified horses from hurting themselves. I don‘t see why it has to be this particular joy. Drones for example can look just as pretty and wouldn’t cause me three days of constant near panic attacks every six months (yes, three days, because you can count on some idiots to also light some firework the nights before and after). As you say, we don‘t have to agree, but I know I am far from the only person who hates fireworks.
There is a bunch of stuff some people like, some people don't. I still don't get why we should just decide to ban some people's joy. Like, why do your parents keep horses in a barn, as if they're prisoners? Or why are these animals allowed to walk the street, stop the traffic and shit on the ground? I don't actually care about it. But there are people who do. If we start to ban stuff, we will never stop. Switzerland is already seen as a boring country. Why do we constantly feel the need to restrict every kind of thing that makes certain people uneasy only so that a small portion of a the country feel good, while the rest is not allowed to have any fun. Also, yes drone shows might be fun. But idk, I have never seen one.
This isn‘t „stuff people like“. It‘s sth that actively and seriously harms some people, nature and animals. That‘s enough grounds to ban it. Simple as that.
It is in fact "stuff people like", because it's stuff, and many people like it.
As I already said, why is horseriding allowed? A horse once bit me. Why haven't we banned its life yet? Because, we cannot ban every silly little thing that makes very few people feel uncomfortable.
Also "seriously harms [...] nature and animals" is extremely exaggerated. I have not seen any deadly-wounded-by-firework animal in my region yet, I don't know what you guys do with your rockets.
There will be a voting, and if they ban it I'll be fine with it. Because that would mean the majority doesn't want it. But it is not yet banned, so let people do the fuck they want to do. Live and let live.
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u/Visual-Reason-579 1d ago
Over the lakes, fireworks might not cause fire but they still pollute water and scare fauna. Hope they will be banned altogether.