Fireworks after the Paris Attacks... Really?

[littlethistle]

Yeah. Congratulations, Sue. You've completely missed the point. Again.. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.

[Otta]

How does Sue's post suggest she thinks it's about her?

Can't work out whether you're trolling or the more unfortunate alternative.

[KidKruger]

"Of course, ED would choose a day like today. Nice timing!"

I don't think that 'ED' deliberated for a period of time before concluding "hey, let's use the day after the Paris killings especially to set-off our remaining fireworks". I suspect it was just business as usual for the kids who've got fireworks in their posession.

most of the kids setting-off fireworks (just as kids do every year) are not really associating an atrocity in Paris or anywhere else with their own frolics. there is possibly an argument that they should do otherwise, but this would entail sitting all kids down every time there is an event for which you feel they should show 'respect' and therefore curtail their usual frolics accordingly. I guess then that you get into having to decide what degree of severity of 'event' necessitates which kind of 'curtailment' of their usual frolics. You would then have to enforce this consistently and of course review the method you're applying because, over time, people's perceptions of the seriousness / relevance of particular events may change. For example, would a year of weekly bombings in Paris mean all kids in ED should have curtailment of their usual activities every week also ? If you work into your method a holistic consideration (not just of Paris, but Beirut, Kenya, Turkey) and not just bombs (what about the 1.5 million killed by Malaria, for example) there may be little fun left to be had.

What is your thinking on how this should be applied 'littlethistle', I think since your first post you've had time to consider what it ws you were really trying to say and whether now you would rephrase it ?

[numbers]

littlethistle Wrote:

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> Yeah. Congratulations, Sue. You've completely

> missed the point. Again.. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.

In what way has Sue missed the point or made it about her?

What an unpleasant post.

[edcam]

A poorly judged thread.

[Jah Lush]

This thread is complete and utter bollocks.

[red devil]

What Jah said. I was being kind earlier, trying to reason, but like Otta I now suspect a bit of trolling going on here.

The good citizens of Clapham wouldn't get up to this sort of thing, would they littlethistle?...

[Lowlander]

Fireworks were prohibited during WW2 for obvious reasons. Did people resist in 1946? Of course not! Life goes on.