Burning things is not a joyful thing for those of us brought up in the South. It is something the KKK seems to enjoy. OTOH it is a ‘tradition’, and you aren’t allowed to argue with traditions, or question them.

I am not a fan of explosions for any reason. I do not have cheerful memories of explosions, and avoid them whenever possible.

There is something particularly offensive in my mind to the buning of anyone in effigy. In Lewes they still burn the pope in effigy (admittedly the pope on the throne at the time of the plot) but among bonfire societies. particularly in Sussex, others are burned in effigy. Some years back an Traveller caravan was burned symbolically.

There is no way I would participate in anything as base and atavistic as that.