This is simple interlacing and is exactly how one optimises the number of sardines in a tin. People will not like being treated as cargo, no matter that they are. Besides it's harder to ignore the obnoxious person facing you that the one sitting next to you.

Now I want to know how the science of 4th of July fireworks differs from the science of say New Years fireworks. I mean that is what I was expecting from the headline Exceptionally American 4th of July Fireworks Sciency Stuff please.

Tony Abbot doesn't understand anything that isn't making him and his mates a lot of dosh RIGHT NOW!

It's called marketing... Geeez

Seeing that in a more sane world ~90% of the people operating motor vehicles would not be allowed to as they lack the ability to do so in a consistently safe manner I find your argument spurious and rather myopic.

..that quotes from 'The Random Depak Chopra Quote Generator' being indistinguishable from actual Depak Chopra quotes has achieved this already as a reflection of sub empirical quantum choices shows... Or is it that Depak Chopra cannot pass the Turing test and is actually a cleverly disguised TRS80.

Yes constant questioning is at the heart of scientific inquiry however deliberate obfuscation of established science for political and economic objectives is not scepticism but subterfuge.

...the woman cutting what is left of your hair leans in and says, 'Hold still Dear, I'm going to do your ears now."

Tis question is not exactly but largely analogous to the question : 'Do we self insure or purchase insurance'? The risk evaluation is complex and the answer is dependant on the a number of weighty factors not least of which is the amount of liquid assets available to address a catastrophic failure. Hire a risk analyst.

Whoop-tee shit! It's a stupid and desperate strategy precisely because most people will react as you did but nobody is trying to threaten or intimidate you, though they may be trying to shame or coerce you into engaging with your friends and neighbours in order to encourage them to engage in the political system. I think they are frustrated and grasping at straws because political discourse in the US has deteriorated to such an extent that the process has become mostly dysfunctional.

This is America! Be a good patriot/consumer and STFU! Corporation Banks and hedge funds are your betters and should be deferred to in all circumstances.

twaddle

My friends and I made a lot of black powder and various other explosives and propellants for rockets, fireworks and kinetic projectile delivery not to mention the the odd petrol bomb just for fun. The authorities were never involved.

My pocket knife.

We didn't see this coming. The future is here and it's not 'The Jetsons'.