Looks Like Sainsburys Are Not Selling Fireworks This Year

[woofgang]

No link as they seem to want to keep it low profile but it looks like Sainsburys have taken the decision not to sell fireworks this year. If you or someone you know are affected by the constant barrage of noise, mess and smoke that happens at this season (and when did Firework Night become Firework season?) then you might like to comment on their facebook page or website? Hopefully another step in the right direction.

[spathiphyllum]

Anyone ever been to Amsterdam for new years eve??

[Rockrose]

Fireworks are nasty hateful things that can be used as weapons by morons.
The old fear them and they scare the bejesus out of animals.
Well done Sainsburys

[CrapAtCryptics]

My dogs terrified of them so anything less is good.

[andy-hughes]

It seems that as time has moved on, the use of fireworks has changed.

When I was a child, it was 'Guy Fawkes' night, children made an effigy of the anarchist Guy Fawkes and stood on street corners and asked passers by for 'A penny for the Guy'. The theory was that the money given was used to buy fireworks (it often went on sweets instead!) and the fireworks would be set off on 5 November, when a bonfire was lit, and everyone had sparkers, ate sausages, and so on.

Now, it seems to be 'Firework Night' - less bonfires, more and more expensive and elaborate fireworks with evenings setting them off being any date from the beginning of October through to New Year - another major firework nights since Millennium Eve.

I do believe that fireworks should only ever be seen at licensed displays operated by trained people, and that over-the-counter sales should be banned for safety and peaceful evenings reasons.

[spathiphyllum]

"that can be used as weapons by morons."

Yeah so could literally anything though?

[spathiphyllum]

Pretty sure Disney let em off every night all year round soooooo...... Maybe once again, we need to start looking at the big boys rather than the consumers

[naomi24]

It isn't only domestic pets that freak. Give a thought to farm animals and wildlife.

[spathiphyllum]

Sounds like a them problem to me.

[Rockrose]

Well if they were no longer on sale it’s one less thing for morons to use.
Also a bit of common sense needed with statements like ‘so could anything’

[Rockrose]

Yes Naomi you are quite correct

[spathiphyllum]

But it's true.. We could ban the sale of knifes then knife crime woul go down. We could close all schools so then one would never get shot up again. We could ban glass so no one is ever bottled.
How much bubblewrap do we need to apply before we're suffocated.

[Rockrose]

Someone pass me some bubble wrap please!!

[spathiphyllum]

well it's true. All these bans and regulation just lead to a more issues... I'm not one for being told what i can do and when, if that's you though that's fine but I like freedom of society, and options.

We're not one and all the same.

[Rockrose]

All I can say to your last statement is thank Christ for that

[SparklyKid]

The best bangers sixty years ago were tuppenny cannons. We put them under tin cans to see how high they would go. Used to tie them on rockets. Ripraps were brilliant used to chase girls with them.

We also played conkers which is now banned.

[andy-hughes]

spath - // I'm not one for being told what i can do and when, if that's you though that's fine but I like freedom of society, and options. //

Freedom and options in a society are fine, but they have to be balanced against the well-being and happiness of that society as well.

If you want to let of fireworks, and feel that is within your freedom options, then you won't have a problem.

But I believe you should consider the impact of your choice on the others who share society with you, and that impact is largely negative.

I believe you have to balance your wants and needs against the greater good of the society in which you live. You may enjoy fireworks, lots of other people don't, and I don't believe that the enjoyment of the few has a right to impinge on the peace and quiet of the many.

[spathiphyllum]

"But I believe you should consider the impact of your choice on the others who share society with you, and that impact is largely negative."

Is it though? I think if it was largely negative then it would be made illegal. The thousands and thousands of people who flood to firework displays over the period near the 5th of November i'm sure outweighs those who're siting in home shaking their fist for them to be banned.

[SparklyKid]

I enjoy fireworks. I do not enjoy dogs crapping on my lawn. Dogs should be banned from public places.

[SparklyKid]

Hate to admit it but Spath is right.

[Barsel]

spath the general consensus is fireworks should not be sold to the general public, just to organised displays. This is so they can't be misused.