DA Baracus Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 2 hours ago, DrewDon said: The BBC is essentially facilitating the abuse McClean is receiving from idiots. Of course they are. They're 'directed' by the government and the government, regardless of which colour (red or blue), has been conditioning the populace to this deification of the armed forces and all the tacky 'remembrance' day bullshit for many, many years. Their other pet media sources have been helping out as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 There was a minute's silence at tonight's Inverness Pars game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrshire_nomad Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Purple poppies for animals that died, anyone else seen these or am I losing it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 8 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: There was a minute's silence at tonight's Inverness Pars game They're all ragin' Gammons up there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: There was a minute's silence at tonight's Inverness Pars game You posting about every single British club doing stuff is really tedious. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Miguel Sanchez said: You posting about every single British club doing stuff is really tedious. Not sure that 2 equals every single one. In Scotland alone there are 42 professional clubs and I've only mentioned 1 doing stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: There was a minute's silence at tonight's Inverness Pars game United are doing something on Saturday but it’s for the Leicester helicopter crash. Maybe the same at ICT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: United are doing something on Saturday but it’s for the Leicester helicopter crash. Maybe the same at ICT. Ah. Could have been that then. In fact probably was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 44 minutes ago, ayrshire_nomad said: Purple poppies for animals that died, anyone else seen these or am I losing it It was a thing, but the charity that started it discontinued it because what they were trying to promote got mixed up along the line. Found this: Andrew Taylor, Animal Aid director, said on their website: "Our aim was to make it clear that animals used in warfare are indeed victims, not heroes. They do not give their lives; their lives are taken from them. "But too often the narrative promoted by the media has been one of animals as the valiant servants of people in violent conflict. This is precisely the opposite message to that which we intended." Instead they replaced the poppy with a purple paw badge to commemorate all "all animal victims of human exploitation" that can be worn all year round. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Hillonearth said: It was a thing, but the charity that started it discontinued it because what they were trying to promote got mixed up along the line. Found this: Andrew Taylor, Animal Aid director, said on their website: "Our aim was to make it clear that animals used in warfare are indeed victims, not heroes. They do not give their lives; their lives are taken from them. "But too often the narrative promoted by the media has been one of animals as the valiant servants of people in violent conflict. This is precisely the opposite message to that which we intended." Instead they replaced the poppy with a purple paw badge to commemorate all "all animal victims of human exploitation" that can be worn all year round. That’s a strange one. On the one hand what he’s saying is correct; on the other hand he sounds like a complete arsehole that you would avoid like the plague. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Just now, Granny Danger said: That’s a strange one. On the one hand what he’s saying is correct; on the other hand he sounds like a complete arsehole that you would avoid like the plague. It does sound a bit PETAesque in places TBH. Although I get the victims rather than heroes angle I don't follow the rationale behind pulling the whole idea just because some folk got what they were trying to put across wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 55 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Not sure that 2 equals every single one. In Scotland alone there are 42 professional clubs and I've only mentioned 1 doing stuff. FWIW there's a lot more than 42 professional clubs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 48 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: United are doing something on Saturday but it’s for the Leicester helicopter crash. Maybe the same at ICT. Call me heartless but I don't see why the death of the owner of an English football club warrants a minutes silence at a Scottish football match. This isn't a cheap pop at Utd btw, it wouldn't surprise me if there was one at Dens tomorrow night as well. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Dee Man said: Call me heartless but I don't see why the death of the owner of an English football club warrants a minutes silence at a Scottish football match. This isn't a cheap pop at Utd btw, it wouldn't surprise me if there was one at Dens tomorrow night as well. Kind of agree but it's a bit special when someone saves a club like Leicester, writes off its debts and helps it to win the EPL. Doubt you'd get the same with Ashley, Abramovich or Glazer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, Dee Man said: Call me heartless but I don't see why the death of the owner of an English football club warrants a minutes silence at a Scottish football match. This isn't a cheap pop at Utd btw, it wouldn't surprise me if there was one at Dens tomorrow night as well. #footballfamily 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdog Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Imagine An Irishman who grew up in an area where the British partitioned his Country and killed dozens of civilians not wanting to wear a poppy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Jdog said: Imagine An Irishman who grew up in an area where the British partitioned his Country and killed dozens of civilians not wanting to wear a poppy. It's easy if you try... 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Hillonearth said: It does sound a bit PETAesque in places TBH. Although I get the victims rather than heroes angle I don't follow the rationale behind pulling the whole idea just because some folk got what they were trying to put across wrong. Aren't those that were conscripted in the war(s) victims as well then? As they didn't have much of a choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oooooft Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 On fb, I've 6 Jambo's, 1 scumdee , and 2 non aligned that signed up for Elizabeth. Thanks to the new fb feature, I've snoozed the lot for 30 days, probably a week too late. No bearz at all in friends list, it's gonna be a nice 11/11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Jdog said: Imagine An Irishman who grew up in an area where the British partitioned his Country and killed dozens of civilians not wanting to wear a poppy. I think he should wear one to commemorate the thousands of Irishmen who died in WW1 fighting for the British armed forces. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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