France is banning the sale of fireworks on its biggest national holiday after protesters used them as weapons against police
France is banning the sale of fireworks on its biggest national holiday after protesters used them as weapons against police
The ban is in effect through Bastille Day in order to prevent "serious disturbances" to public order, the French government announced Sunday.
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The ban is in effect through Bastille Day in order to prevent "serious disturbances" to public order, the French government announced Sunday.
lmfao did the french gov forget who it's people are?
118 0 ReplyBeing out the guillotine
44 0 ReplyThe guillotine is too humane.
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Macron out here with the French Revolution Any% speedrun
38 0 ReplyCan't wait to watch the speed run history breakdown of this in a few years
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Maybe I don't understand yet how posts on Lemmy work, but is there no link/source for this post?
Edit: I can't see it on desktop (lemmy dot world) and neither in Jerboa. Edit2: OP edited the post and included the link which now works. Seems the picture broke the link, according to OP.
36 0 ReplyWeird, I can see the link. @histy @Gramatikal (see if mentioning works)
9 0 ReplyIt links to a business insider article
4 0 ReplyOh weird, adding a picture killed the link. Lemme see if I can fix that.
Sorry, I'm new here.
3 0 ReplyNow it works for me, thanks!
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If you’re viewing in compact mode on wefwef I believe that’s a known issue.
2 0 ReplyI'm not seeing it on desktop (lemmy dot world) and also not in the Jerboa app.
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I’m coming here from kbin and see the link fine
1 0 ReplyDoes kbin have any mobile apps yet?
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Maybe the government should listen to the people?
36 0 ReplyPerhaps the French govt should stop behaving against the will of the French people. 🤷
35 0 ReplyThis is some very ironic, animal farm energy here. The government has forgotten who gave them their power.
23 0 ReplyWell tbf the Storming of the Bastille was (off the top of my head) two monarchies, two empires and two republics ago. Not to mention any communes, committees of public safety, or directories. How can you blame them for getting confused?? /s
5 0 ReplyThey do still have multiple programs in place to ensure the populace always has bread. They haven’t completely forgotten.
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I know they did this to weaken protests, BUT… I’d say everywhere in the world would be a much better place if we banned fireworks forever.
19 0 ReplyIt's always struck me as rather odd that, in the US, one of our major holidays celebrating the military features fireworks considering how awful they can be for many veterans' PTSD.
12 0 ReplyWhy does that strike you as odd? America doesn’t care about its veterans.
23 0 ReplyI mean when I set off some fireworks I am not trying to mess with some vet. You are right however, I should be more aware of this issue.
2 0 ReplyI've never met one Veteran that was against planned fireworks displays. It's the backyard ones that are the issue.
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I hate fireworks but this seems like a good reason to keep them around.
18 0 ReplyYou can have my fireworks when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers. Which are over there, near the fireworks.
14 0 ReplySo....if the government turns on the people, what do the French have to protect themselves with?
6 0 ReplyGuillotines
4 0 ReplyThe citizens just ask the politicians to come to the guillotines, plz?
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So a temp ban. Nice clickbait headline there bastardinsider . com.
4 0 ReplyRoll out the guillotines! It’s time to get this party started already. It’s been long enough that the rich billionaires in the world meet their fate.
Can you smell it? Revolution is coming.
2 0 Replylol, okay there. Let's settle down and wipe the Doritos from your face, Chequito. This protest has very little to do with any sort of revolution, and even if it did, your next in line after Macron is currently Le Pen, who would simply make things even worse. So really, I don't think you understand what the fuck you're talking about.
6 0 ReplyAnd so it begins...
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It’s alright, we’ll just switch to pipe bomb
1 0 Replyi would love to punch macaroni or whatever his name is
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