Heheh, no need for flames. Just step over here behind this jet blast deflector...
You should probably ask your question of the pilots, the support crews (who do this on weekends and holidays) and the vast majority of people who watch.
You would likely get some good (and interesting) responses that explain the military perspective on these things as well as the attitudes of people who don't live in Seattle...which is most of us.
Of course, given that Boeing builds them and is based in Seattle, even the liberals living there who aren't brain dead might like seeing them too...:)
Took a trip to Seattle a couple of Augusts ago, and was able to watch the Blue Angels practice before their show that Saturday. I believe that they practiced from Boeing Field.
Except for closing the bridges across Lake Washington, pretty neat.