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We could cancel big fireworks shows, but what won't happen is convincing individuals NOT to buy and shoot off their own fireworks. It is the latter, because they are unpredictable and randomly occur over days, that are more likely to provoke fear and anxiety in someone with PTSD. But this is America, home of the selfish, and we certainly couldn't NOT have fireworks on the 4th, when they are fun and pretty and make us go "OOH", even if our fun causes suffering in the veterans we claim to honor. The majority of Americans seem unwilling to actually make sacrifices, no matter how much lip service they give to the importance of doing so. (Case in point: more people now favor drilling offshore vs. conservation of oil. Do you think these folks are going to give up their bottle rockets?)

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