Remembrance Day

[Anubis]

I’d rather make a donation to a charity to help homeless veterans and observe a minutes silence on Remembrance Sunday. 

[Bjornebye]

16 minutes ago, Carradona said:

Of course it has gone too far. Poppy-shaggers everywhere, forcing them in your face. The funds raised are important and valuable but everything else associated with the poppy now ranges from cringey to disrespectful. 

 

Put your money in the box and wear the poppy on your shirt if you wish, otherwise shut your mouths.

The very people they are “remembering” would fucking hate the poppy hijackers. Many decent people rightly pay their respects. Some just use it as a badge for their super Britishness and have never lifted a finger for this country. 

[Sut]

At the end of that article, they quote the last Great War veteran to die who referred to remembrance day as "showbusiness" - he marked 22 September as Remembrance Day as that was when he lost a lot of mates.

[Tj hooker]

Then some wanker puts this up on Faceache , I've not seen anything about disrespecting the poppy anywhere 

[Rushies tash]

8 hours ago, Tj hooker said:

Then some wanker puts this up on Faceache , I've not seen anything about disrespecting the poppy anywhere 

 

The spelling of 'honouring' tells me all I need to know.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Who the fuck drew those poppies?  They look more like Mook's arsehole.

[RedKnight]

The RBL having to constantly disassociate themselves from the mad poppy crowd tells you all you need to know.

[Carradona]

A fitting tribute to the fallen

[Section_31]

Not really related but it's interesting to me that two of my Sci fi heroes, Frank Hampson who created Dan Dare, and Gene Rodenberry who created star trek, both fought in the war.

 

Both had visions of humanity that were based around peace, unity and cooperation where violence was a last resort. 

 

Frank Hampson actually had his idea for Dan Dare when he was watching V2 rockets being fired and thought "wouldn't it be good if we could use them to go to Mars instead of killing people".

 

The creators of films like Star Wars were the generation after. They were around during Mccarthyism and national exceptionalism,  and violence and gun battles were big features of their films.

 

It's like that saying, the only people who like talking about wars are those that have never seen it.

 

Remembrance day was explicitly designed to carry a message of "war is shit, don't let it happen again." 

 

Instead it became tied in with nationalism and glorification of the military. The antithesis of what it was intended for.

 

I really noticed it most around Iraq and Afghanistan, it does feel like it's died down a bit since though.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

If she lives into her nineties, Liz Truss will have spent more days attending the Cenotaph as a former Prime Minister than she spent working as Prime Minister.

[Creator Supreme]

I see somebody was saying the government need to increase defence spending.

 

79 years after the end of the second World War. 106 years after the end of the war to end all wars.

 

And we've still got cunts saying increase defence spending.

 

Humans as a species never learn, and it fucks me off.

[TD_LFC]

Of all the channels

 

 

[Bjornebye]

51 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Of all the channels

 

 

 

Hahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

I’ve seen a few football club/poppy collaborations over the weekend on Match of the Day. Worn by both fans and managers in post match interviews.

 

A bit tacky. Why not just wear an old school traditional poppy if you feel the need to wear one at all? 
 

 

[lifetime fan]

On 05/11/2024 at 18:44, Carradona said:

Of course it has gone too far. Poppy-shaggers everywhere, forcing them in your face. The funds raised are important and valuable but everything else associated with the poppy now ranges from cringey to disrespectful. 

 

Put your money in the box and wear the poppy on your shirt if you wish, otherwise shut your mouths.

 

On 05/11/2024 at 19:01, Anubis said:

I’d rather make a donation to a charity to help homeless veterans and observe a minutes silence on Remembrance Sunday. 

I find it far more offensive there’s still a need for the RBL to campaign for funds that should be provided by the government than I do someone choosing to not be bullied into wearing a poppy. 

[A Red]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-boo-remembrance-sunday-silence-34077361

[Clem H Fandango]

Fuckin cadets wind me up. I've had a whole morning of these pricks acting like they are better than Joe public, sneering at people with their 1 shitty medal pinned to their chest for not getting an unfortunate boner during roll call. Spotty cunts.

[Bjornebye]

[A Red]

What about.............

[Bjornebye]

Something tells me a particular fanbase might not be quite the respectful remembrance heroes they claim to be 

[A Red]

7 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Something tells me a particular fanbase might not be quite the respectful remembrance heroes they claim to be 

They are cunts above no doubt.

 

Would you have sung IRA songs during the 1 minutes silence? Do you condone it? Just wondering.

[Bjornebye]

8 minutes ago, A Red said:

They are cunts above no doubt.

 

Would you have sung IRA songs during the 1 minutes silence? Do you condone it? Just wondering.

No and no I don’t condone it. I do believe in free speech though. Sorry to disappoint you 

[A Red]

2 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

No and no I don’t condone it. I do believe in free speech though. Sorry to disappoint you 

They are a set of cunts that were singing, I'm free to say that and you are free to agree or disagree.

[Section_31]

My favourite Republican strumpet. 

 

She really is quite magnificent.

[cloggypop]

Fuck this sectarian shite off