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I don’t doubt that there is some sort of agenda - there alway is - but I’m certainly not against people enjoying their fireworks.

I’m just telling you that all of the combat vets I have known, including WW II vets, hated the damn things. You can’t go through what we experienced and not be affected.

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All I can say, as inadequate as it is, is thank you for your service and sacrifice. My response was directed solely at an organization which I believe is using veterans to advance a negative agenda.

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veterans come in all sizes, shapes and mindsets.

I can 100 per cent understand your POV, and I can understand my neighbor's POV (nam vet also, as myself) who delights in setting off things that go boom, as often as possible.

We take our experiences and circumstances and make sense of them to our selves first.

There are probably 2 million opinions on this.

Mine? I like rockets, bombs, the sound and smell of gunfire, not so much for the destruction it may represent, more for liberty, and the ability to secure it.