The James McClean Sponsored Poppy Thread

[Bairnardo]

The royal family are c***s to a man woman and child.

Can we get back to giant poppies now?

[parsforlife]

16 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

The royal family are c***s to a man woman and child.

Can we get back to giant poppies now?

Dunfermline town center is getting poppied out it’s nut. Every few meters on railings and the true mark of dignified quiet remembrance being a giant rotating projection onto the old fire station.   Mental stuff,  no idea who sanctions this but presume council are involved somewhere.  

I know we are so far past this, but I thought the whole point of poppies were a personal thing.  No idea inanimate objects were so good at remembering.

And there is absolutely no fucking point in this stuff happening in October and not being removed til well after remembrance Sunday.  ITS MEANT TO BE ONE DAY YOU FUCKS.

Edited November 1, 2021 by parsforlife

[Shipa]

I may be well wrong on this, but growing up I was always of the understanding that you wore a poppy for a couple of weeks up to the event, but that continuing to do so much after the 11th/Remembrance Sunday was considered disrespectful. It seems now that if you don't display them all year round you are some sort of traitor?

[velo army]

12 hours ago, gannonball said:

‘Never again’

Have the poppy appeal ever said this? I've long assumed that they weren't an anti-war "never again" organisation, rather one that treats war as a sad necessity and all soldiers are heroes.

[BillyAnchor]

16 hours ago, Adam said:

The one on the right looks like Myra Hindley.

 

Wid

[Shotgun]

5 hours ago, velo army said:

Have the poppy appeal ever said this? I've long assumed that they weren't an anti-war "never again" organisation, rather one that treats war as a sad necessity and all soldiers are heroes.

WWI was considered to be the 'War to End Wars.' People were saddened and angered about the millions who'd been sent to the slaughter, to a large extent, for no good reason. The sentiment at the time was that we must never forget those who had given their lives and why, in order that we don't allow it to happen again.

So that worked out well.

[velo army]

2 hours ago, Shotgun said:

WWI was considered to be the 'War to End Wars.' People were saddened and angered about the millions who'd been sent to the slaughter, to a large extent, for no good reason. The sentiment at the time was that we must never forget those who had given their lives and why, in order that we don't allow it to happen again.

So that worked out well.

Aye I get that, but the Peace Poppy campaign came about in the early 30's because the Haig Fund refused to join in an anti war message. 

Also, I thought the "war to end all wars" was just a recruitment tool.

[williemillersmoustache]

On 01/11/2021 at 08:27, TheScarf said:

England won WW2 remember.  Not the Jocks or the Yanks or the Soviets.  That's why they go mental for this time of year.

And it was Hearts what single-handedly defeated the Kaiser in WW1.0

[hk blues]

4 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said:

And it was Hearts what single-handedly defeated the Kaiser in WW1.0

You typed a 0 instead of a D

[Jacksgranda]

3 hours ago, Shotgun said:

WWI was considered to be the 'War to End Wars.' People were saddened and angered about the millions who'd been sent to the slaughter, to a large extent, for no good reason. The sentiment at the time was that we must never forget those who had given their lives and why, in order that we don't allow it to happen again.

So that worked out well.

Doesn't mean to say it wasn't a worthwhile sentiment.

[Benjamin_Nevis]

Nemanja Matic explaining why he chooses not to wear one, resulting in plenty of gammony headsgones on the FB page comments. Apparently living in a city being bombed to f**k by NATO isn't an acceptable reason.

Matic poppy pish

[oneteaminglasgow]

2 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said:

Nemanja Matic explaining why he chooses not to wear one, resulting in plenty of gammony headsgones on the FB page comments. Apparently living in a city being bombed to f**k by NATO isn't an acceptable reason.

Matic poppy pish

I’m pretty sure he’s explained this every year for about 4 years now.

[Jacksgranda]

If clubs didn't put poppies on their shirts, nobody would need to explain anything

[ICTChris]

[ICTChris]

What can you buy the happy ghost poppy wedding couple? How about a poppy NFT?

 

[Del79]

1 hour ago, ICTChris said:

Must have been MID-Transition

 

 

[Shotgun]

23 hours ago, Jacksgranda said:

Doesn't mean to say it wasn't a worthwhile sentiment.

It’s a great sentiment. But one which has been trampled by countless politicians with the unquestioned support of the poppy fetishists.  
 

[Jacksgranda]

I'm not denying that either. I'm sure many people still hold to fervently hoping it never happens again, without going poppy crazy.

[Blootoon87]

I wonder who will be this year's Poppy Queen?

[Scary Bear]

Has anyone on here bought a poppy this year? The last couple of years, I haven’t bothered, what with all the COVID stuff and lockdowns happening. No doubt there’s a tasteful poppy face mask I could have purchased, but here we are.

I did sponsor the lad on Facebook - Chris Walks the UK - who is walking the coastline of the UK to raise funds for the SSAFA and is at £250k.

https://www.ssafa.org.uk