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The James McClean Sponsored Poppy Thread


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2 hours ago, Adam101 said:

This guy is organsising a fight for remeberance day and sees no irony what so ever. His twitter made me cringe so hard I nearly turned inside out. His tweet on James McLean is apparently “what we are all thinking” but I don’t think that could be further from the truth

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It's beyond parody. I especially loved this masterpiece:

 

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7 minutes ago, Stellaboz said:

Ah yes! The aging alcoholic whom steered the Allies to several devastating defeats in now day Turkey!

And who had zero respect for the hundreds of thousands of commonwealth 'non white' soldiers who died, and the famines he caused in their country.

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1 hour ago, Jdog said:

And who had zero respect for the hundreds of thousands of commonwealth 'non white' soldiers who died, and the famines he caused in their country.

And who happily deployed tanks in George Square after the First World War to quell the General Strike in Glasgow.

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Did we start using the poppy to remember the fallen in the Opium Wars?


Professor Moina Micheal, an American Humanitarian from Georgia, conceived the original idea of using the Poppy as a symbol of remembrance, for those who were killed or injured during World War One.
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21 minutes ago, RedRob72 said:

 


Professor Moina Micheal, an American Humanitarian from Georgia, conceived the original idea of using the Poppy as a symbol of remembrance, for those who were killed or injured during World War One.

 

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1 hour ago, Cerberus said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-46078099

Taxi driver sacked cause he didn’t want to transport poppies in his cab.



About time this happened. There’s too much disrespect going on for paper flowers.

See also people making counterfeit poppies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-46077739

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2 hours ago, Cerberus said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-46078099

Taxi driver sacked cause he didn’t want to transport poppies in his cab.



About time this happened. There’s too much disrespect going on for paper flowers.

 

20 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said:

Will try to get a picture if I get hold of one. I arrived late. 

Its all coming out now

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