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Post #44,917
by wharris2
7/9/02 1:31:28 PM
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New Don't remember hearing of any this year
I've certainly heard of accidents in previous years, but nothing this year. Undoubtedly there have been some minor injuries not reported (I once stepped on the hot remnants of a sparkler stick and did some searing of my foot), but I don't think I've ever heard anything on the order of trying to fire a mortor and killing 30 people.

As I said above, Americans can do some damn stupid things - but not quite that bad. Perhaps we should introduce the concept of government-run fireworks to the Afghans so they have less incentive to do this firing of mortors or guns.
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Post #44,925
by Brandioch
7/9/02 2:10:56 PM
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New Not 30 at once.
Rather than having one big killing, we spread our injuries across the nation.

Locally, we have an instance of a 16 year old boy trying to build his own fireworks and blowing off two of his fingers.

Availability is the key. We are just as stupid as they are, but we don't live in an area which has seen the wars that they have. We have some difficulty in acquiring mortars.

We have to go out of our way to get explosives to injure ourselves.

And we do.

Something to think about. If it were possible for individuals here to acquire mortars, would we be seeing injuries from them. :)
     Guess it's gonna be a somewhat *weird* Fourth (?) - (Ashton) - (7) - July 4, 2002, 03:43:23 PM EDT
         at least here - (wharris2) - (6) - July 5, 2002, 08:09:29 AM EDT
             Hey, don't go pissing on the poor guy's moral equivalence. - (marlowe) - (5) - July 8, 2002, 05:27:13 PM EDT
                 Methodically kicking and whizzing - (wharris2) - July 8, 2002, 07:02:37 PM EDT
                 "no fireworks accidents"? - (Brandioch) - (3) - July 8, 2002, 08:21:28 PM EDT
                     Consider the team - (mhuber) - July 9, 2002, 12:08:59 AM EDT
                     Don't remember hearing of any this year - (wharris2) - (1) - July 9, 2002, 01:31:28 PM EDT
                         Not 30 at once. - (Brandioch) - July 9, 2002, 02:10:56 PM EDT

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