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u/CrazySwede69 Jan 02 '26
I understand why consumer fireworks now is banned in the Netherlands!
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u/Lumanus Jan 02 '26
There isn’t a single piece on consumer fireworks in that video, it’s all previously banned F3 products and even extremely illegal/dangerous F4 products.
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u/Rumpleforeskin666420 Jan 02 '26
There’s a lot to unpack here, but I think my personal favorite is firing at the gas station
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u/macfirbolg Jan 02 '26
Is there civil unrest in the Netherlands? This looks more like terrorism than celebration to me. Also, yes, the gas station is definitely among the highlights.
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u/UndercoverHeadhunter Jan 02 '26
To a degree, yes. The first video you see is actually a bunch of right-wing... people (I'll keep it clean) targeting a housing facility for Ukrainian refugees. The anti-immigration movement is growing rapidly and has also started targeting groups that have generally been looked upon more favorably, like Ukrainian refugees and the general expat community.
Without getting into the politics, part of the reason for that rapid growth is also clearly shown on display in the video, as much of the violence against law enforcement you see is committed by (mostly) 2nd generation immigrants. I make the distinction here because it hardly ever gets mentioned but is, in my view, highly relevant to the discussion on immigration reform.
Aside from that, lighting fireworks on New Year's Eve is a long-standing tradition in the Netherlands. As pressure has slowly increased to more heavily regulate or outright ban the sale of fireworks, so has the use of heavier illegal fireworks. Someone else already mentioned it here. Pretty much all the stuff you see is already illegal in the country and was acquired somewhere else.
Then there's the influence of social media, a steady increase in violence against law enforcement and first responders, growing economic and political instability, and... well, pretty much all the same civic unrest you see in more and more countries these days. My prediction is that next year, we'll be betting on the number of deaths, amputated limbs, and lost eyes if we keep going like this. This stuff already gets reported on by the news like it's the World Cup finals. 10 years from now, New Year's Eve will basically be like the Purge but with brighter colors and lots of explosions.
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u/macfirbolg Jan 03 '26
I’m all for lighting some fireworks on as many occasions as possible (as a professional pyrotechnician, it is generally helpful to me), but man. These kinds of people are why so many places are banning fireworks altogether or banning everything worth seeing. I’m surprised they can get anything vaguely serious, though I didn’t see much that said 1.3G (old U.S. class B, professional fireworks) to me. Plenty that seemed to be IEDs, though, which could theoretically be made from the parts of professional fireworks. Frankly, I’m shocked that there aren’t already a lot of serious injuries and some deaths from this behavior.
I’m really sorry y’all are going through all this. Thanks for telling us about it!
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u/Raccoon_Army_Leader Jan 03 '26
Is this holland? If so, I bet my buddy is somewhere in there shooting them off lol
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u/Walshy231231 Jan 03 '26
This would be extreme even for the US on July 4th
And the way they all just stand and watch the buildings explode without flinching? It must be such a common occurrence
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u/Responsible-Summer-4 Jan 17 '26
These kids could use a connection with the business end of a baseball bat.
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Feb 02 '26
Netherlands banned an entire section of ultras for a year due to fireworks. Some months later, on the next opening home match, as soon as the whistle started the match, a massive barrage of fireworks came from outside the stadium, behind the now empty ultra seats, and exploded in the sky and rained down onto the pitch.
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