The Poppy

[ONeill]

Does it bother you?
Why does it bother some of us?

Asked Sidebottom earlier in the year why he wore one and he said something about a close relative dying during the war (twas drunken 2am conversation).

[ziggysego]

Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

[gerry]

would have to say that i wouldn't be a great fan of them.  i find it a feck you badge rather than a mark of respect  to  someone who died in ww1 or ww2.


i suppose if we had not got the the last 30 years of conflict here you might accept it more

[pintsofguinness]

Ah the annual thread.

[rosnarun]

we ll the poppy is hardy annual as well.
and the english insistance on its use seems to be getting more fascist every year. I wonder are there fines in place in The bbc if people dont wear it . certainly seems that way.
Let them glorfy there wars if they want . But we know how the English behaved in wars ado you really think they are behaving any differently in their current wars in Iraq Afghanistan and Pakistan .
If you want to celebrate that go right ahead.

[Tankie]

should we just not pull up last years threads and people can read them instead of having to do this dance again,

[dillinger]

 . But we know how the English behaved in wars 
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Ref WW2, to stop German soldiers marching through the streets of Ireland?

[Capt Pat]

Why do they wear a flower that is used to make heroin? Quite appropriate.

[Minder]

A very mischievous thread by ONeill.

[Zapatista]

. But we know how the English behaved in wars 
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Ref WW2, to stop German soldiers marching through the streets of Ireland?

You're right. Much better having British soldiers marching through the streets of Ireland.

[Lawrence of Knockbride]

............so this isn't about heroin then.....

[Archie Mitchell]

It gives the unionists yet another chance to play the religion card. Imagine the uproar if people freely wore an Easter Lily to work etc?

[haranguerer]

Why do they wear a flower that is used to make heroin? Quite appropriate.

I think that a country should remember their war-dead, and its an appropriate gesture for Britain to make.

Of course, its a little different in the north, where they are often worn as said earlier, as a 'feck you' gesture, similar to putting an orange sash on.

[Zapatista]

Why do they wear a flower that is used to make heroin? Quite appropriate.

I think that a country should remember their war-dead, and its an appropriate gesture for Britain to make.

Of course, its a little different in the north, where they are often worn as said earlier, as a 'feck you' gesture, similar to putting an orange sash on.

There is a difference in remembering war-dead and paying for the retirement of war mongers.

[Donagh]

Does it bother you?
Why does it bother some of us?

Asked Sidebottom earlier in the year why he wore one and he said something about a close relative dying during the war (twas drunken 2am conversation).

Sidearse is full of shite - doesn't have the balls to stand up to the BBC. Another Frank Mitchell McClory.

He does seem to be drunk quite a lot though. Maybe he's  an alcoholic.