Maybe be it’s me.<\/p>\n
Maybe I’m wrong when I think that we’re becoming a more self-centred, less caring society.<\/p>\n
I mean, I dislike intolerance as much as the next person, but we have to balance things out, right?<\/p>\n
We should always consider our environment – and by that I don’t *just* mean that we should think about the land and the sky and the birdies and the fishes – I mean we should always think about the area around us.<\/p>\n
And the people who live in it.<\/p>\n
So why is it at [checks watch] 22.32 on a Saturday in July that I amsitting next to the open patio doors listening to the sound of…<\/p>\n
Fireworks.<\/p>\n
And dogs barking.<\/p>\n
So fucking what if it is the 4th of July?<\/p>\n
Who cares that it’s the Independence Day of one of our former colonies?<\/p>\n
Here’s my point: In November the animal-owning members of British Society acknowledge that they have to keep Tiddles The Cat, Geoffrey The Dog and Colin The Gerbil in at night – because in November Britain celebrates the Gunpowder Plot with Bonfire Night.<\/p>\n
But what the fuck with all the fireworks going off now?<\/p>\n
I am sitting here listening to dogs barking all over the parish because some inconsiderate bastard is trying to recreate the climax of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.<\/p>\n
In rural fucking Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n
What the fuck?<\/p>\n
I’ve got a horse out there, in his paddock, I don’t want the poor equine to be startled out of his little orange skin because of some selfish bastard who thinks s\/he is still living in Hicksville USA.<\/p>\n
Yes I am being parochial.<\/p>\n
But let’s look at the facts here.<\/p>\n
I am not alone in having an animal out at night.<\/p>\n
It’s fucking hot.<\/p>\n
There are many dogs out in their owners gardens.<\/p>\n
Why should we be held hostage to a selfish fucking minority?<\/p>\n
I really don’t get it.<\/p>\n
If you want to celebrate American Independence day can you just fuck off to America?<\/p>\n
I’ve nothing against the USA in general or Americans in particular, but let’s keep a sense of perspective here please.<\/p>\n
Or is it just me who would consider my immediate environment before letting off a couple of hundred quid’s worth of fireworks?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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