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James McLean did not refuse to wear a poppy
James McLean did not refuse to wear a poppy
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if its priciple fair enough ,but he is principled enough to take the money live in the country,
if his principles mean so much maybe he should have stayed playing for sh!tkickers city. im sure the families of people killed in the birmingham and guilford bombings dont have the chip this clown has. |
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As i said earlier i think he's perfectly entitled not to wear a poppy, but just to add some balance to recent posts I think I'm right in saying that Ireland was still part of the UK at the start of World War I. 30,000 Irish troops, both Protestant and Catholic, fell during that conflict alone.
The shame is that the poppy is seen by many as support for the British Army and war more generally. Wearing the poppy should actually remind us of hundreds of thousands who were sent into war and either died or returned injured. |
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bigots will always find some excuse even if they have to invent one
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flushgordon1 11 Nov 12 17:07
if its priciple fair enough ,but he is principled enough to take the money live in the country, if his principles mean so much maybe he should have stayed playing for sh!tkickers city. im sure the families of people killed in the birmingham and guilford bombings dont have the chip this clown has. He is also principled enough to pay huge amounts of tax unlike the majority of British people so he is helping your society!!! |
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wallis you are the ultimate horses arse.Put Gromit on next time as he will make more sense.
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so what yer saying ramon is- principles are fine until the mullah becomes too good?
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RamonSanchezPizjuan
Date Joined: 24 Nov 08 Add contact | Send message 11 Nov 12 17:10 Joined: 24 Nov 08 | Topic/replies: 6,652 | Blogger: RamonSanchezPizjuan's blog flushgordon1 11 Nov 12 17:07 if its priciple fair enough ,but he is principled enough to take the money live in the country, if his principles mean so much maybe he should have stayed playing for sh!tkickers city. im sure the families of people killed in the birmingham and guilford bombings dont have the chip this clown has. He is also principled enough to pay huge amounts of tax unlike the majority of British people so he is helping your society!!! How do you know that? He might be participating in one of those tax avoidance schemes so loved by the rich and famous. |
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No flush, what i am saying is you said he is getting paid a wage and also paying his dues, what part of this do you not understand. Ridiculed for even working now. He does not agree with supporting the British army and until you have knowledge of why he feels like that your points really mean very little. Very unfortunate what happened in Birmingham and Guilford, nowhere near as bad as what happened in Ireland though, not even 1% of it. As a brit you will never understand.
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wear the poppy and stop acting like a ****... If Roy Keane can wear one..
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I doubt I see it the same way McLean does but I give him credit for not wearing it. Who the hell are the Premier League to tell people what to wear and what not to wear? We're all vehemently anti-racist so let's wear 'kick it out' T-shirts, we all want to commemorate War veterans, so let's embroider a poppy into our football shirts or not.
I presume he observed the minute's silence so where's the problem - would not have even been a visible issue a few years ago before some 'right on' dullard had the not so bright idea to foster 'groupthink' by embrodering the poppies into the football shirts. |
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how can he wear a kick out racism t shirt if he has issues with the english?
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flushgordon1 11 Nov 12 17:42
how can he wear a kick out racism t shirt if he has issues with the english? He doesn't, he is trying to help the epidemic ye have created!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Irish people dont have to wear Poppys, we dont sell them in the South of Ireland.
Would you were an Argentina Poppy lets say? |
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thats probably where they make them nowadays
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to be fair with the economic crisis in the south of ireland they probably cant afford to make donations.
when you have to support the quinns and the banks and the travellers and the like  |
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You seem like one intelligent chap flushgordon1
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If he was so principled then he would not work in the UK and pay taxes which are going to pay the British Army.
Oh wait a minute,maybe his principles disappear the more money involved. |
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thank you.
its our duty to educate you colonials innit |
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muppet
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Wonder what sir Alex would make of this? Obvious what martin o'neill thinks.
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My post stands. Why does he pay uk taxes? Move abroad or to Eire. Muppet. |
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"Why does he pay uk taxes?"
eh?????????? uk citizen! my post stands bye now |
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why shouldn't he go where he'll get the best money?
He's obviously not contractually obliged to wear the poppy shirt so get over it. |
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I'm sure I saw an Irish Hibs player today without one.
Does it really matter? |
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try and find out a name for that Hibs player Geesyerdosh. the quicker we get all these non poppy wearers rounded up and sent 2 the chambers the better.......lol, how the fook is this non story still dragging on 2day!
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Would you were an Argentina Poppy lets say?
Hardly a point. For me, the poppy is for the poor cannon fodder of all nations who were lost in the unnecessary WW1, also for those who fought for freedom and against Nazi tyranny in WW2. IF the Nazis had won, young McLean would be wearing a swastika now (if he existed at all), and he'd have NO choice. |
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James McClean has no problem with working in Britain or British People. He just doesnt wish to support a British Army which has been responsible for years of hurt & misery in the City he grew up in.
Why can some not grasp that? |
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they grasp it daylami, but this is an internet forum, and they want to provoke
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to be fair if i was a sunderland supporter i would not be back if he was in the team , just on principle.
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dont be silly danny osmond
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any one got anything better to discuss on this ' sunday bloody sunday ' .
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What are the chances the ones making the ill informed and bitter comments are NI and Scottish Newco fans...go figure out their twisted backward agenda
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You're right donny-that's probably it.
Thing is people on here try & be outlandish to get a reaction. I'm sure McClean couldnt give a fcuk about how the Betfair Forum judge him. It wasnt to get a reaction that he chose not to have a poppy on his shirt. It's a joke that on a day when City played Spurs, Chelsea played Liverpool that this is even a talking point. |
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newcastle played west ham, too
but i wish they hadnt |
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I abhor the Poppy Nazism that it has become, I choose to commenorate the dead of WW1 and WW2 with a few moments of silence, a glass of wine in the evening to their memory.
I do not wear a poppy because these people died for freedom of choice and democracy, no one should be forced to wear it. |
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No one is.
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