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>(forwarded other post because I mentioned certain samurai sword post...)
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>ex post facto is no reason to excuse Ricks action(s).
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>To invoke a more gut reaction, imagine somebody giving your child one unexploded firework dud and few wet matches.
>Also making diminishing remarks on her and the dangerous things used in family, hoping others would shun her .
>Then tries to sell that as a public service to educate about firework safety - without checking with you in advance if your handling of fireworks is safe.
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>Lucky result is nothing bad happens.
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>Acceptable on the ground firecracker did not explode ? Not in my universe

OK, I *do* see your point. I hear you.

If I thought there were odds (even remote) that any person would have to spend money to fight a ridiculous legal action, I would have reacted differently to begin with.


But I do hear your point.