A baby red panda at Edinburgh zoo choked on her own vomit in terror at the fireworks last week

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Aibu to think the time has come to ban this bullshit?

Great but people aren’t talking about banning responsibly run public shows. We are talking about weeks on end of idiots letting off their own ‘displays’ in public spaces, near others houses, or throwing them at people passing by and also dumping all their rubbish in the ground for others to deal with.

People who want to let off fireworks should be made to get a licence from the council then maybe they would take some personal responsibility.

Its not 5th November that is the issue. Public displays only, with legal requirements of notice etc wouldnt be a problem. Animal carers could make arrangements to keep their animals safe and lessen the exposure to noise as much as possible.

Its public sales of fireworks that is the issue. Families buying them and setting them off as and when they fancy, kids getting hold of them and "having a laugh", every single fucking wedding in firework season......these things are the issue.

Banning the sale of fireworks above sparkler level, and needing a licence from the local council to buy fireworks from specially licensed retailers (so not Asda etc) would stop the random shit that upsets animals.

I would add.

My father is deaf and so has bilateral Cochlear Implants. These are better than hearing aids but they are not as selective as natural hearing. Fireworks, loud music, a random shout, applause etc all make him jump hugely (to the point where he is on anti anxiety medication). He is what we call DeafDeaf between the end of October and the second week in January as he doesnt use his implants and we all sign due to the effects. It upsets all of us, but him mostly, that he misses out on so much because of it. Humans with Autism, blindness, some types of hearing loss, etc etc etc. are also badly affected.

Its not just animals.

Tryna, cos, wit, aint. Everything else with ‘correct’ spelling (albeit not always grammatically correct) but just such misspellings on simple words, with everything else largely alright. Almost as though you’re deliberately posting in an inflammatory manner. Waiting for comments to come to you. Perhaps you need a bit more of a sparkler in your life? Or a rocket to light things up.

I've reported you several times.

You're lacking awareness and empathy for anyone but yourself is just scary.

This person cannot be real.

I would shove a rocket up their arse quite frankly. A lit one.

Aww look at her little face. She was just a little baby. She must have been so terrified without her mum.

I’d prefer to be the ‘spelling police’ than someone who mocks animals suffering and people who suffer ptsd. I think that’s what your weird Rambo comment was earlier anyway.

Definitely need to ban Edinburgh festival fireworks, those at the tattoo and all of their hogmany fireworks too. The one o’clock gun too.

Red pandas don’t belong in the city, to be fair.

This is the wider issue.

Has this been verified and shouldn't panda's be in their natural habitat?

Uses Thesis, yet says wot instead of what. Says it all about the content of your posts and the care that goes into them and your thoughts. Fuck the pandas, so long as you get a good rocket, Catherine wheel and sparkler.

You don't need to claim anything. The fact you are a truly horrible person is clear for all to see.

What the fresh hell does them being available to buy have to do with a comment on you mocking potential victims of PTSD and animals suffering. Those comments are solely about you pal.

The official Festival hasn't had the end of festival fireworks display in Princes Street Gardens since before Covid. I don't think it will come back. A silent display would work well if it did.

The Tattoo and the Hogmanay party still have fireworks. There's no reason why they can't be silent.

What does the law have to do with your mocking of people with PTSD? I didn’t question them being legally available, I questioned you mocking people and animals that suffer because they are.

Guaranteed @ThisJoyousFatball is "making memories" on Instagram with not a care in the world for anyone or anything other than their fictional "Insta" life.
How dare anyone try to deprive their little cherubs of their human right to fireworks.
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