Sort of the same as why Puritans opposed bear baiting

Not because of injury to the bear, but because the audience too much enjoyed the performance.

‘The case for banning fireworks’

“Look, I’m an environmental reporter, and as such it is practically in my job description to be a killjoy. For this I am sorry. It’s not like I won’t personally be enjoying the fireworks over the East River — which at least can’t get any more polluted than it already is — but I won’t be able to do so without nagging self-admonishments about how fireworks are actually kind of stupid.”

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/04/the_case_for_banning_fireworks/

At maggiesfarm.

“…I’m an environmental reporter…” STRIKE ONE! “…enjoying the fireworks over the East River…” STRIKE TWO! “…nagging self-admonishments…” STRIKE THREE, YOU ARE OUT OUT OUT!”

(Since Ms. Abrams is an assistant editor at Salon and watches fireworks over the East River, we may assume she lives in NYC. And since she has admitted “nagging self-admonishments” about things that bring fun, we may assume she is a Progressive/Liberal Democrat. And, one need only read her writings on fracking, global climate warming change and McDonald’s to support the Prog/Lib charge. One wonders if she and friends drank champagne while enjoying insidious rockets glaring red and bursting air bombs over the East River. And, yes, my regionalism is showing against a Northeasterner who believes she knows best for us all because … well, just because.)