It all supports the Californian conclusion that "you can't legislate good
sense."
It's worth noting, however, that the U.S. is about the only industrialized
country in the world that bends over as far as it does to protect those who are
STUPID while doing absolutely nothing to protect the rest of us from them.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 1:32 PM
Subject: OT: RE: 4th of July Hypocricy (was: OT Celebration)
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Russ Blakeman wrote:
>
> > Pretty much most people have given in and said the hell with the
> > fireworks - they've been so harrassed about them on "public service"
> > commercials, laws, etc and when they go to a fireworks stand they see
> > the prices for cheap crap that spits some sparks and just say the hell
> > with it. It's quiet here in rural KY too and the local displays really
> > suck. No more of the aerial "booms" that used to be part of the aerial
> > displays - our wonderful city and county governments have restricted
> > their use to just at dusk, so as not to piss off any of the people
> > that don't give a rat's behind and want to go to sleep at 8pm and not
> > be bothered.
>
> You can blame the irresponsible cretins who haplessly set fire to their
> neighbors' houses, and the over-reacting city and county councils that
> enacted measures banning fireworks because of this.
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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