Tapiola Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 19 hours ago, eez-eh said: Man City have 5 games (including today’s) between now and Remembrance Sunday and they’ve already got the poppies out. Looks like they’re remembering really hard this year. I imagine with Leicester going full Captain Tom, that City just shrugged and stuck a badge on the shirt rather than getting the full Daily Express hysteria about sheiks disrespecting our brave boys Do you really think they’d have refused? It just isn’t worth it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Join the army, be a man. Join the navy, feel a man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Agree with the various sentiments above. Football clubs would no doubt counter with "its to ensure home fans get a chance to commemorate*" but this stands up to zero scrutiny since the whole point of the day of remembrance is that that's the day where everyone in the entire country gets their chance to remember*. It's absolutely an exercise in attention seeking and caring more. If you are at home on the weekend of Remembrance day, fine. Anything else is utter, utter nonsense. *I say remember, but im not genuinely sure what the verb is for what people are doing here. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I was surprised to see presenters on BBC breakfast wearing poppies this morning. It's October!It has its place as a means of remembering those who have lost their lives in conflict but also as a reminder that conflict should be avoided where at all possible. I believe that was the original intention and don't know how it's developed into this competitive nationalistic fervour.One of the presenters said last week its BBC policy for all of them to start wearing the poppy a fixed number of days before the 11th. Anyway...the number of usual suspects on here who get their knickers in a twist and frothing with rage every year around this time is all very predictable and quite amusing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 One of the presenters said last week its BBC policy for all of them to start wearing the poppy a fixed number of days before the 11th. Anyway...the number of usual suspects on here who get their knickers in a twist and frothing with rage every year around this time is all very predictable and quite amusing. "The number of people discussing this topic in a thread specifically for this topic is hilarious [emoji23] " 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Mr. Alli said: Join the army, be a man. Join the navy, feel a man. Tut! You will piss off the trans lobby. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Mr. Alli said: Join the army, be a man. Join the navy, feel a man. You sure? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 7 hours ago, Mr. Alli said: Join the army, be a man. Join the navy, feel a man. Yvan eht nioj 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Satoshi Posted October 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) On 30/10/2022 at 07:33, Archie McSquackle said: I was surprised to see presenters on BBC breakfast wearing poppies this morning. It's October! It has its place as a means of remembering those who have lost their lives in conflict but also as a reminder that conflict should be avoided where at all possible. I believe that was the original intention and don't know how it's developed into this competitive nationalistic fervour. Scotland and England played each other on the 13th November 1999 and there wasn't a single poppy in site. What happened since is that the UK engaged in two wars (both of which were a complete disaster). The US saw during the Vietnam war the corrosive effect of the people hating the troops and made deliberate repeated attempts to lionise the military. The logic is obvious, people are less likely to be against unpopular wars if they love the military and military personnel. And it's far easier to suppress opposition as anti patriotic. When some military personnel eventually engage in total b*****d behaviour - i.e. torturing and murdering innocent people - they are protected in the court of public opinion. Marine A served a token 3.5 years for beating up an unarmed prisoner, then shooting him in the chest, then bragging he broke the Geneva convention. This was all caught on camera, I'm sure far worse wasn't. The poor guy died a horrific death watched on by other soldiers who did nothing (indeed Marine A insisted they didn't give first aid before he murdered him). Most soldiers do a professional job, but the veil of hero worship isn't for them. The original intent of remembrance Day has been b*****dised beyond recognition. Originally devised to stop senseless killing, poppies now adorn military bombers. Sadly, it pretty much reflects the very worst of our society and needs filed directly in the bin. Every year we piss all over the original intent of remembrance Day. Edited October 31, 2022 by Satoshi 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 23 hours ago, jimmy boo said: One of the presenters said last week its BBC policy for all of them to start wearing the poppy a fixed number of days before the 11th. Anyway...the number of usual suspects on here who get their knickers in a twist and frothing with rage every year around this time is all very predictable and quite amusing. That policy should be one day maximum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 28/10/2022 at 19:48, 101 said: Sean Lock in the centre of the top row is interesting I didn't know he played for Rangers Is it not legendary cigar smoking American comedian George Burns? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 27/10/2022 at 22:47, jagfox said: When did Gerard Depardieu play for Rangers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) On 29/10/2022 at 11:15, 10menwent2mow said: Not that anyone has got a 'right' to remembrance as everyone does so in different ways, I've always thought that if a club did, it was Hearts. The Dons used to have a plaque thing in the RDS concourse, it's years since I've been in the RDS so not sure if it's still there. The whole idea of we care more than you loses the whole point of it, which for me is contemplation of what people gave up rather than an image of triumphalism, which is what seems to eminate from down govan way. I live near Haymarket so some years I'll pop round the corner to the remembrance service at the Hearts memorial. The whole proceedings are still very much focussed on the 1914 team and suitably solemn as opposed to a celebration of our brave boys in the gulf (or wherever). I remember Gary Locke reading the last letter from the trenches of one of the players to his wife and it was genuinely moving. Possibly the best thing Locke ever did as Hearts manager. I think the club gets it about right although I could see how outsiders might think that we slightly overdo it. Interestingly Orestis "Kio" Kiomourtzoglou is, as far as I know, the first German to play for Hearts 106 years after the battle of the Somme which goes to show that you can only hold a grudge for so long. Edited October 31, 2022 by topcat(The most tip top) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I'm absolutely sure Shug couldn't give a smelly shite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sergeant Wilson Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 19 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Can you get it on the outside? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 This guff popped up on my FB timeline this morning. Not directly poppy related but CL indicative of the same mentality. Aye, we don’t care enough to pay more taxes so you can receive healthcare for your PTSD. We don’t care enough to demand accountability from the politicians who lied to send you to war in the first place. But we care enough to like and share a picture on Facebook. You’re welcome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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