Well, if Full Metal Jacket was accurate in it's explanation of Tet, it is actually like many of our holidays rolled into one.....New Year's, The Fourth of July, Memorial Day, etc. I just wish Americans in general could have access to better fireworks than we do. These little sparklers and snakes, etc are just lame. Give us bottle rockets, large strings of firecrackers, M-80's and some of those aerial display shells. I suppose the problem with fireworks is the same as with guns...a few bad eggs and idiots misuse them and the rest of us have to suffer for their stupidity.
I must say that here in Kentucky, most of the cool fireworks are illegal. But everyone just goes down to Tennessee and buys them. Many people all around my area set these off each year and so far no one has been injured seriously or cited as far as I know. The LEO's here just don't enforce it. That's the difference between this state and many. Some LEO's just see when laws are stupid and ignore them. Others enforce everything. Around here, the LEO's are spread pretty thin, so they spend their time looking for drunk drivers on the holidays, instead of harassing those who aren't bothering anyone.