Or, treat endangerment of others [ or endangerment of fields and grasslands and brushlands with fire ] as what it should be treated as – attempted arson and attempted endangerment.
Police and the state governments are dragging their feet on prosecutions – most likely because of the political pull of the incendiaries.
it would be nice. i don’t know anyone that likes the fireworks tradition. only ever see annoying teenies and drunk fathers of 5 go around with them.
somewhat weird to see that even our small headlines make it over the channel.
We were walking after dinner and people threw fireworks at us from their windows. I hope they do ban them. It was like a warzone here in Berlin
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Nooooooooo!!!
Where else do we go for cheap fireworks!!!!
In some countries the cities rent stadiums and organize a show with fireworks for everyone to see. That’s the justification for the fireworks ban for individuals.
In Germany the country doesn’t really organize anything, but profits from the taxes on selling fireworks.
I was quite annoyed to see the rockets flying on the narrow street next to me, while seeing that some fires did end up on the roof or even the balconies of the top floors.
But let’s not pretend the government had “accidentally” overlooked the same thing happening even pre-covid. It’s a calculation, where the top priority is profit, and secondary priority is popularity. Banning fireworks for individuals will hit both.
Thanks fuck I don’t live in Germany
The same discussion is happening in The Netherlands, with one of the ruling parties being in favor of a ban (the others still oppose).
“Germany calls for fireworks ban”.
What is up with these titles? No Germany does not call for that.
>German police and firefighters’ unions have called for a ban on personal fireworks on New Year’s Eve
If Germany called for something to be banned in Germany it would be banned but personal fireworks will not be banned …
Tbf it was kinda bad. I expected this kind of stuff from my country, not Germany. I was out on the street watching the big fireworks and people were leaving beer bottles on the street and throwing firecrackers at them, firecrackers under cars, and launching those rocket shaped fireworks into houses.
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Or, treat endangerment of others [ or endangerment of fields and grasslands and brushlands with fire ] as what it should be treated as – attempted arson and attempted endangerment.
Police and the state governments are dragging their feet on prosecutions – most likely because of the political pull of the incendiaries.
it would be nice. i don’t know anyone that likes the fireworks tradition. only ever see annoying teenies and drunk fathers of 5 go around with them.
somewhat weird to see that even our small headlines make it over the channel.
We were walking after dinner and people threw fireworks at us from their windows. I hope they do ban them. It was like a warzone here in Berlin
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Nooooooooo!!!
Where else do we go for cheap fireworks!!!!
In some countries the cities rent stadiums and organize a show with fireworks for everyone to see. That’s the justification for the fireworks ban for individuals.
In Germany the country doesn’t really organize anything, but profits from the taxes on selling fireworks.
I was quite annoyed to see the rockets flying on the narrow street next to me, while seeing that some fires did end up on the roof or even the balconies of the top floors.
But let’s not pretend the government had “accidentally” overlooked the same thing happening even pre-covid. It’s a calculation, where the top priority is profit, and secondary priority is popularity. Banning fireworks for individuals will hit both.
Thanks fuck I don’t live in Germany
The same discussion is happening in The Netherlands, with one of the ruling parties being in favor of a ban (the others still oppose).
“Germany calls for fireworks ban”.
What is up with these titles? No Germany does not call for that.
>German police and firefighters’ unions have called for a ban on personal fireworks on New Year’s Eve
If Germany called for something to be banned in Germany it would be banned but personal fireworks will not be banned …
Tbf it was kinda bad. I expected this kind of stuff from my country, not Germany. I was out on the street watching the big fireworks and people were leaving beer bottles on the street and throwing firecrackers at them, firecrackers under cars, and launching those rocket shaped fireworks into houses.