07-11-2022, 08:11 AM
(07-11-2022, 08:06 AM)SueDonim Wrote: I don't feel hypocritical when I think back to our childhood fun. Even though we did it responsibly, appropriately and relatively quietly then, I now understand about the trauma some animals and people suffer. We simply don't need to do it. And shouldn't.
I agree. And fireworks have a different emphasis now. In my childhood there were very few noisy crackers, just the occasional "jumping jack", the vast majority were the pretty ones. These days the emphasis seems to be on making a noise. One pop-up fireworks seller this year used the slogan "GET YOUR BOOM ON". Ghastly.