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I have never seen anyone wearing One , PEACE apparently ,do people wearing these think Red Poppy wearers don't want Peace ??
Even a mention on the BEEB of Purple Poppies ,the Mind Boggles .
Even a mention on the BEEB of Purple Poppies ,the Mind Boggles .
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Every year it's the same pantomime.
On the one hand, it's a bunch of Red poppy Nazis, firing off stiff letters to Channel Four because John Snow wears a white one, Fatima Manji wears a black one and Matt Frei wears one with a fairy light on. On the other you have a bunch of Social Justice Warriors, keen to tell us all - loudly and great length (do they have any other default settings?) - what poppies and those who wear them think and glorify in. As per usual with these soppy so-and-so's, the drop off from wearing a poppy to being a blood-crazed Spartan ready to rape in the name of your country, is but a short step. Thank God there's a largely silent majority who remember folks who put duty and quiet determination before ambition and gross emotional lability, wear their poppy, quietly reflect perhaps on people they knew who made the ultimate sacrifice - and then get on with their lives. |
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Well said Hanx.
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I bet 90% of brexitiers wear poppies, and only 60% of retainers do, class system , we went to fight, they did to,as officers
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I see some snowflake piece of **** at Southampton Uni, the "president" no less, has taken offence at a 100 year old mural to commemorate people from uni who went off to ww2, and vowed to paint over it as it only contains "white men". I quote: "Mark my words - we're taking down the mural of white men... even if I have to paint it over myself." .. "As white people, we are so so ignorant and closed minded without even realising it. Listen to your black friends/colleagues/students and ask how you can be the ally they want!"
Can we not get some authentic lee enfields from the period and put sick offensive SJWs like that up against a wall? Would have a certain form of poetic justice. |
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correction, "went off to ww1". The painter of the mural was not psychic! WW2 hadn't been invented yet, and WW1 was at that time called "the grate war" - which is a fantastic name for a speed cheese preparation TV show.
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You can bet your life nobody's complained or offended by it, just to be politically correct what bullshiiiiitt.
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we are all 'europeans' now - after all they are re writing history
go see the new ish eu museum - frightening don't forget the eu has kept the peace in europe for ...........years fill in with your guess |
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we are all 'europeans' now - after all they are re writing history
go see the new ish eu museum - frightening don't forget the eu has kept the peace in europe for ...........years fill in with your guess |
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Conditor - did you ever work out where you went wrong with your Guy Fawkes post?
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Do the White Poppy Mob realise what actually happened in the 2 Previous Word Wars ,More to the Point do they Care .. ??
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why would they be interested - after all it was all the old people
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The Royal British Legion has no official opinion on the wearing of white poppies, stating that it "is a matter of choice, the Legion doesn't have a problem whether you wear a red one or a white one, both or none at all"
folk will end up not wearing poppies and ruining the brilliant work of royal british legion if folk try to make them more political. 100 years since end of ww1, not many ww2 vets left, but those of us still here owe a huge debt to those that went off to fight....not just in thise wars but all others since. we may not agree with the wars they were fighting but it wasnt the rank and file soldiers that picked the wars they were sent to fight. my grandad, a ww1 vet, and pow , would be mortified to think people were fighting over poppies |
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Red Poppies do not glorify war
They are a thanks to the men(and any women involved as well) who died defending this country. |
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don’t trust anyone who wears a white poppy
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I wouldn't wear a white poppy, but each to his own. Don't try and force someone to wear one and don't try and force someone not to wear one - not that hard is it?
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no of course you’re quite right don’t force anyone not to wear one
what would be the point of that ? let them wear one and then you know not to trust them |
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That Southampton mural was a true representation of some of the men who went off to war, there weren't any black people amongst the group painted or they'd have been included.
I suppose this silly girl wants people removed from the mural who actually did fight for their country, to be replaced by fictional characters who didn't? This is rank BBC style racism, and it's easy to see why the BBC have gone down the racist road they have, if people with this kind of thinking are joining them from uni. But to be fair to her she has apologised for her silly comments. |
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top marks in blaming the bbc for something that's got nothing to do with them
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BBC style racism?
That's the image they earned themselves. They'd better get used to living with it. |
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Cleansing history might make you more at ease with your past; but sometimes it is best to be confronted by ALL your history - not just the pleasant bits.
Stand in front of the mural / the Rhodes statue / the Confederate Flag and tell your children the full story - it might be a great learning moment for both of you. |
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Can I just confirm: buying a white poppy gives the exact same amount of money to the British Legion, but it has the added benefit of winding up a bunch of gammons? What's not to love?
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Of course quite right tell them everything and tell them when Rhodes was in Africa the natives used to resort to cannibalism until the British put a stop to that
And during WW2 when the U.K. was fighting against the evils of Nazi Germany and was in great danger countries such as Ireland refused to help They didn’t even wear a white poppy , tell them all those little facts of history also |
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Tell them those facts , they deserve to hear them
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ok with that hanx ?
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It's your kids your talking with - fill them with whatever information you think is appropriate.
My thoughts don't enter into it. |
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: ) oh I see , you’re dishonest as well
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Don't see how you arrived at that conclusion, other than your default mode being belligerent and touchy.
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Keep squirming , no ones fooled by that
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You seem pretty belligerent yourself Hanx.
Your first post here for instance. |
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“ sometimes you have to be confronted by all history “
Those were your words hanx , not mine |
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but it has the added benefit of winding up a bunch of gammons?
Well there we have it Millions dead and these prix trying to wind People up ... Sad seething individuals . |
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Did you not understand what you were talking about ,read them again and come back when you understand
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but it has the added benefit of winding up a bunch of gammons? What's not to love?
Life's purpose wrapped up within one sentence . Isn't a white poppy for those that only want to remember white men and women that lost their lives ? I'd rather wear a red poppy and show that I'm remembering people of all colour and ethnicity . Far more inclusive . |
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Isn't a white poppy for those that only want to remember white men and women that lost their lives ?
No. |
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Oh , I thought it was one of those 'White Supremacist' things . Most white things are these days
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maybe the white wearers are todays equivalent of conscientious objectors.
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Jesus, did rey genuinely believe that?
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PorcupineorPineapple Can I just confirm: buying a white poppy gives the exact same amount of money to the British Legion No it doesn't. Sellers of white poppies at a local level decide where the cash goes. |
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The White Poppy exists only because some people chose to misrepresent the message of the Red poppy and why it was chosen.
Selected because it was the first flower to reappear after the battlefields of Flanders were turned into mud heaps. It represents those that fought and died. It was never designed to glorify war. Wear it or don't wear it but don't try to redefine the message of the Red Poppy. |