Sky Lanterns national ban
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foxdropper
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No mate but I’m not wanting to ban anything .Leave that to the Saints on hereSpose U R peddling your bike furiously.
foxdropper
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What about the squeaky voice trick ,priceless when the drinks are flowing .
timbrayford
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A well maintained thatch is actually quite difficult to set alight, an airborne incendiary is however an excellent method of doing so
CarlW
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The discussions one has with oneself are always well-reasoned; it's when one involves other people that they tend to deteriorate.Carl, some of us that favour particular bans have had a reasoned discussion with themselves, Damage versus Benefit.
That's as may be. But I'm still sceptical that it ever happened, let alone on a wide enough scale to justify banning something.
Specially around the Brai.
timbrayford
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So removing an unnecessary hazard to people's homes and lives isn't worthwhile? At this point we must agree to differ!
With that attitude, one must assume you don't drive, shoot, own metal kitchen implements, have electricity in your home or ever have a fire. Etc.etc. ad nauseam
There is not just fire risk, but the risk to livestock and wild critters.
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I agree in sentiment @CarlW but if you look at how some of the US States have enacted laws which banned harmful practises such as waste dumping etc., hunters were usually on the forefront in supporting or even drafting these bills.
A ban on all commercial salmon farming in Scotland's oceans and lochs would be a step in the right direction. Take it indoors and stop MOWI making millions out of trashing the Highlands and Islands that the incumbent administration could not care less about unless it's on a postcard or ad.
CarlW
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I'm sure we could all sit here and list the stuff we find harmful. I agree with you re salmon-farming, but I would also add: sugar, salt, bleach, shampoo, diesel, tactical-beards, red trousers, roll-mops, pollen, wasps, nose-rings, green hair, Packham, and anti-libertarian governments.
I'm just not a fan of bans (apart from the obvious things like killing one another and pinching stuff). They are blunt instruments for a complicated world, and I am yet to see a government smart enough to understand the simple; never mind the complex.
It probably is, but the NFU have it covered, perhaps the alleged voice of shooting should improve things for its paying members, and before someone suggests a lantern may cause a fire on a grouse moor, maybe @Conor O'Gorman should propose a ban on disposable barbecues which are a known cause of moorland fires
Ban the selling of them then you will reduce the use of them by 95 per cent as most people wouldn’t know or think about getting a plastic bag and a candle and if they did, 50 per cent of that lot would probably set the bag on fire and get liquid plastic over their hands which might encourage them not to do it again.
The idea of them is great, and to watch them floating away is super, but the issues are
At some point it has to come back down to earth and that is litter that usually is made of some thing plastic that won’t biodegrade. I have come across them on the fields I shoot on in the middle of nowhere.
they are a hazard to livestock, not just the fact of it being a lit object that can land on something and cause burns, but they often have a metal band which animals, not being the most sensible can and do get themselves caught up in.
Ban the sale of them and it reduces the issue. Easy.
and I don’t like baloons being released either. It is just more litter. Make them biodegradable and I wouldn’t mind so much.
The idea of them is great, and to watch them floating away is super, but the issues are
At some point it has to come back down to earth and that is litter that usually is made of some thing plastic that won’t biodegrade. I have come across them on the fields I shoot on in the middle of nowhere.
they are a hazard to livestock, not just the fact of it being a lit object that can land on something and cause burns, but they often have a metal band which animals, not being the most sensible can and do get themselves caught up in.
Ban the sale of them and it reduces the issue. Easy.
and I don’t like baloons being released either. It is just more litter. Make them biodegradable and I wouldn’t mind so much.
Mrs Moo Cow would probably go for the ban, particularly when having had a punctured rumen.
shakey jake
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if basc are behind it i cant see the ban happening, everything they try to stop happening to shooting falls on deaf ears so i wouldnt worry
Scandially
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I never allow someone elses fun ruin my fun.
Absolutely wonderful in Summer time when one lands in a field of oats.
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