This is why we also have the arguments "Think of the dogs!" and "Think of the veterans!", which no empathetic person can be against (even though, yes, these arguments employ an array of manipulation tactics...).

wait, you mean not enough people are impervious to science.

you see, many people consider their pets to also be people, and while fireworks are based on science, apparently these people are not impervious to that science. thus the conundrum.