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Bangkokhibby

Bangkokhibby

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Can tv presenters and guests refuse to wear them? I think maybe Jon Snow did. (Good on you John)
Is there anything more insincere than this yearly forced nonsense? Love a look in the bins near the exit doors of the tv studios.

And please....for the offended, where did I say poppies shouldn't be worn?
 
If any Hibbees want to, they do a fantastic tour of the Poppy Factoy, a small Museum with history from WW 1 onwards It’s fully accessible and has a big car park
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I stopped wearing the poppy years ago - once the symbolism had been hijacked by the Huns, gunts, far right performative racist *&*^ I decided I wanted nothing to do with them.
 
brianmc said:
I stopped wearing the poppy years ago - once the symbolism had been hijacked by the Huns, gunts, far right performative racist *&*^ I decided I wanted nothing to do with them.
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That pissed me off too.
The Gunts have a wee statue thing on the bit between the stands that I thought was particularly pathetic, like it was only folk supporting Gunts that gave their lives?
I got over it though.
I’m neither for or against Poppies, although I still smirk at the Poppy Thieves taking a holier than thou stance.
I’ve got a poppy badge I bought a few years ago, but it seems like a cop out not buying one every year.
I don’t like wars of any kind.
That includes poppy wars.
 
Since I retired in 2012 I’ve donated monthly to Poppyscotland I used to provided heritage and historical tours for the Blind ex servicemen from Linburn and Erskine House Homes. Until my own deterioration in health I continued and never missed services at St.Giles, East Princes Street and the High Street. It was my involvement with Poppyscotland that I experienced the holistic care to all the services given by The Royal British Legion and their fund raising isn’t just based on one week in November.
 
Idle observation that in the last few months the BBC have started photoshopping wee pride pins off people who appear on TV (eg Strictly, University Challenge) cos they're political symbols. Mandatory poppies for everyone from the start of October though.

I think the RBL as an organisation are far far more benign than the actual culture around poppies/remembrance. I occasionally remember to chuck a fiver at the former round this time of year, but I've stopped wearing poppies cos of the latter
 
Hard to detach the poppy from those who have hijacked it - including the British legion/Poppy Appeal who have used it to gather sympathy for other wars, namely Falklands Iraq etc. Its a tough one for me as my family fought in the WW2 as part of the Commonwealth (Force K6 + others). I left a crescent in Princes Street last week in their memory but deffo a sticky one in our family. https://southasianheritage.org.uk/r...st-national-british-indian-army-bia-memorial/
 
Hussein_theHibee said:
Hard to detach the poppy from those who have hijacked it - including the British legion/Poppy Appeal who have used it to gather sympathy for other wars, namely Falklands Iraq etc. Its a tough one for me as my family fought in the WW2 as part of the Commonwealth (Force K6 + others). I left a crescent in Princes Street last week in their memory but deffo a sticky one in our family. Scotland's First National British Indian Army (BIA) Memorial - South Asian Heritage Trust
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Why the Falklands? I can see your point wih Iraq
 
Doc Shrink said:
I don't think enlisted (or conscripted) soldiers and other armed services get to pick which war they die in.
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I've worn a poppy for the last 10 years.
Never did before then.
When my mum died , on clearing her home i found a medal and a 'Death' penny.
These belonged to my grandmothers brother who died of wounds inflicted in Flanders and France , June 1918.
I donated the medal and penny to the Gordon Highlanders museum in Aberdeen.
He had two brothers in law who survived the conflict.
I think these men deserve to be remembered.
They were conscripts.
Ultimate sacrifice.
 
I think the wearing of the poppy is entirely up to the individual.

I wear one as my dad fought in WW2 and suffered a lifetime war wound.

I don't think anyone should be berated for not wearing one.

I see it as the same as the 'taking the knee' thing.

Something I would never do personally.
 
Haven't worn one in about 40 years and considering you get people like Wes Streeting bigging up another war whilst wearing one I can't help but think 'what a bunch of hypocrits'.
 
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