4th of July - fun for you?

I know - it's a celebration of America's Declaration of Independence from England.

But really - must people all around me spend a fortune in firecrackers and blow them up in an attempt to recreate battles from more than 200 years ago?

Seriously, this is fucked up. Why do so many people need to act so idiotic?

Look, I like watching fireworks just as much as anyone else - when it's done by professionals in a controlled environment with emergency crews nearby. Not some moron who decided to buy all the cheapest crappiest loudest ones near the tents off the I-5 exits.

I know what some might say - just buy some and set them off yourself. Go fuck yourself.

I've no interest in setting them off. I've no interest in watching all the dust and smoke and shit flying over my house and property, fucking up my pets' eardrums, potentially burning my house down.

Maybe these people who do this feel it's the closest they'll ever come to war. Haven't they been paying attention to things going on in Iraq, or in Afghanistan?

If these people are so anxious to blow stuff up for their freedom, why don't the instead volunteer with their National Guard and go off and fight for it?

Yeah, I didn't think so. It's easy and frankly cowardly to set off fireworks in one's neighborhood and terrorize their fellow neighbors with their idiocy and lack of consideration.