Either way your all being selfish!

You complain about your right to not have to put up with other people’s loud music and them almost burning down your house with fireworks but on the other hand the others complain about not being able to use their fireworks because everyone wants peace and quiet and doesn’t want the stupid grass to burn.

NON FIREWORKER USER: I can’t stand the smell of smoke, I can’t stand it when my dogs get scared, I can’t stand the noise, I’m afraid my house is going to burn down blah blah blah.

FIREWORK USERS: Its my right as an american to light off fireworks, I don’t care if the grass lights on fire, I don’t care if I ruin your BBQ cause I’m havin fun at mine blah blah blah.

Maybe if we started building are own sound proof, fire proof, idiot proof domes in our little own selfish worlds then we wouldn’t have to complain about someone else enjoying tryin to relax and have fun.

PEACE AND QUIET WILL NEVER BE UNLESS WE NO LONGER EXIST!

Fires will never go away, if their not from fireworks then there from lightning, cigarette buts or maybe someone forgot to put out a camp fire.
People being injured will never stop wether it be from idiot use of fireworks or from car wrecks, people shooting other people or just your own body giving up on you.

The dogs will forget it happened by the next morning and will all move on to the next thing we can complain about. YAY for humankind!
Maybe we should change that to humanselfish cause we’re anything but kind to other people.

My dog hates fireworks too! I give her a doggy downer and tell her to deal with it. I’m celebrating the 4th of July just as my forefathers did. And when the clock hits midnight on Jan 1 I’ll be celebrating again.

If you don’t like it take a doggy downer and call me in the morning.

God Bless America! Land of the FREE and the BRAVE!

I’ve always thought, at least when living in Idaho, that it was a Constitutional right to bear and ignite fireworks.

What’s with “Team Dave” not providing ANY fireworks this year???!? Isn’t it somewhere in the City Charter, that the city will present a tasteful fireworks exhibition every Independence Day? Mayor Brent would have been too ashamed to show his face, if we’d missed a year during HIS watch!

I agree with Sysyphus, regarding how important it is to reflect on the true meaning of independence. It was gained at a heavy cost, and it isn’t free… we have a duty to remain diligent in preserving our freedom. (In more important ways than depriving us of our Right to Bear and Ignite Fireworks.) We owe it to ourselves, and to those who paved the way before us.

God bless America!

I agree with the Guardian that the pursuit of celebration can cause us to lose sight of the objective of observing our Independence Day as a day of pride in incorporating the ideals of the founding fathers into government for the common good and protecting the individual’s right to be free from government in certain circumstances.

Perhaps during the Fourth we can reflect on and determine for ourselves how we can preserve and further the goals of the drafters of the greatest document ever penned, the Constitution. And in so doing we can also determine what is not important in achieving those goals, like fireworks.

(Guardian… I’m surprised you’d post such an off-topic comment. Pathetic.)

EDITOR NOTE–We get nailed for censorship and for NOT censoring. The comment was off topic, but bound to spur comments as well.

Not for you… for your pet!

“and I don’t know what church you go to, buy mine isn’t really set up for pooches.” -Tam

You mean the God you worship isn’t pet-friendly? Perhaps another religion is in order. I know of several that consider animals a part of God’s kingdom. You don’t see Hindus eating cows, do you?

“No_name thinks setting off fireworks is his “right”. I was merely making the case…” -Tam

I know, I know… but I think my post was funnier than No_name’s. People who know the least about civil liberties and the dispensation of justice are often the most vocal with regard to same. They are quick on the draw, and short on the wit. No_name’s comment falls into this category.