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Will you wear a poppy 2013?

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  • 23-10-2013 12:18pm
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    old hippy
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    It's that time of year again where mass debates ensue over paper flowers, pensioners, prisoners of war, the struggle, lillies et al. I noticed the first advert this morning at the bus stop today.

    Will you be sporting one?


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    Captain Farrell
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    oh for fuck's sake, not again.


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    Legs.Eleven
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    old hippy wrote: »
    It's that time of year again where mass debates ensue over paper flowers, pensioners, prisoners of war, the struggle, lillies et al. I noticed the first advert this morning at the bus stop today.

    Will you be sporting one?


    Does anyone in Ireland ever wear one?


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    weldoninhio
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    No


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    kfallon
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    Not a chance!

    Where was your bus stop?


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    bumper234
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    Yes i wear one every year


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    uch
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    Terrorists symbol, definitely not

    21/25



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    kneemos
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    kfallon wrote: »
    Not a chance!

    Where was your bus stop?

    Wolverhampton.


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    NTMK
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    No

    no one should really give a **** if you do or dont tbh both sides of this debate are as bad as each other imo


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    Nodin
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    old hippy wrote: »
    It's that time of year again where mass debates ensue over paper flowers, pensioners, prisoners of war, the struggle, lillies et al. I noticed the first advert this morning at the bus stop today.

    Will you be sporting one?

    Nope.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I won't be wearing one as I do not care either way, but I do not understand why it is so hated that Irish people might wear them. Like it or not, thousands of Irish people died in World War One and World War Two, so why would you not remember them?


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    old hippy
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    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Does anyone in Ireland ever wear one?

    Indeed they do.


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    old hippy
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    uch wrote: »
    Terrorists symbol, definitely not

    LOL :D


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    old hippy
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    kfallon wrote: »
    Not a chance!

    Where was your bus stop?

    London, innit


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    Sunnyisland
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    Yes.
    No.
    Maybe.


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    Crooked Jack
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I won't be wearing one as I do not care either way, but I do not understand why it is so hated that Irish people might wear them. Like it or not, thousands of Irish people died in World War One and World War Two, so why would you not remember them?

    By all means remember them, but thats not what the poppy is about.

    Nope, I won't be wearing one. That's my choice, if someone does decide to wear one, that's up to them.

    No doubt we can look forward to outraged stories in the news over the coming weeks about some goon who was sent home from work because he wouldnt take one off or wasnt let into a club because he had one on.


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    joes girls
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    No ......


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    The Backwards Man
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    Nope, and I wouldn't wear an easter lily either.


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    old hippy
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    Captain Farrell wrote: »
    oh for fuck's sake, not again.

    Captain, my captain. You joined in June, for all you know this important, life changing topic was cruelly ignored last year :D


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    GLaDOS
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    I don't, I wouldn't judge somebody for wearing it though.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    biko
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    I won't wear one but if others wants to wear a poppy, or easter lily for that matter, that's fine by me.


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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    By all means remember them, but thats not what the poppy is about.
    .

    What is the poppy about to you then?


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    donvito99
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    I saw on last nights news that people attending a memorial service for victims of several Shankhill terrorist attacks were wearing poppies. I

    In October. It used to be a one day thing. Next thing will be Britons wearing poppies guiltily all year round.


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    #24
    General General
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Wolverhampton.

    Frank Skinner says that he loves Wolverhampton, as he always feels fashionably dressed while walking around the city centre..


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    Nodin
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I won't be wearing one as I do not care either way, but I do not understand why it is so hated that Irish people might wear them. Like it or not, thousands of Irish people died in World War One and World War Two, so why would you not remember them?



    ...if only I had a bot.....

    Anyhoo - because the poppy is about more than WW1 and II. The money goes to aid ex-army personnel. That's people involved in colonial repression across Africa and the middle east, south east asia etc. And yes, some for those who served in NI.


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    Crooked Jack
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    What is the poppy about to you then?

    It's not what it is about to me. It's what it is about, full stop. It commemorates all those who died in the British Army and honours those who continue to serve in it. According to their own website the money raised from poppies goes to "support the British Armed Forces past and present." Fuck that.
    Now I know other countries such as Canada have their own poppies but here it's different, here its for the British Armed forces and all their squalid little campaigns, not just WW1 and 2.


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    131spanner
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    realies wrote: »
    Yes.
    No.
    Maybe.

    I don't know,
    you repeat the question?


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    Gaillimh1976
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    realies wrote: »
    Yes.
    No.
    Maybe.


    Atari Jaguar ??


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    #29
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    donvito99 wrote: »
    I saw on last nights news that people attending a memorial service for victims of several Shankhill terrorist attacks were wearing poppies. I

    In October. It used to be a one day thing. Next thing will be Britons wearing poppies guiltily all year round.

    Yep, a lot of people in the north wear them purely as a political statement.


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    old hippy
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    Nodin wrote: »
    ...if only I had a bot.....

    Anyhoo - because the poppy is about more than WW1 and II. The money goes to aid ex-army personnel. That's people involved in colonial repression across Africa and the middle east, south east asia etc. And yes, some for those who served in NI.

    Yes indeed, there's no denying that but there's many decent men and women who have served in the armed forces over decades.


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    Guy:Incognito
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    ****ing ridiculous. I should be able to go for a pint anyime I choose. Closing the pubs because of the church is stupid.


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