(05-11-18, 08:12 PM)VNA link Wrote: You know what's getting my goat right now?
BREXIT? Well yeah. But something else is getting my goat right now, and its being doing so this time each year since 2011..............
Poppy fascism..
Why does anybody have to explain not wearing a red poppy? I mean what the fuck?.
Apparently a footballer I’ve never heard of has had to explain why he does not wear a top with a poppy printed on it. His name is Nemanja Matic. I’m thinking – mmmmm – interesting name. And guess what he’s Serbian. Why would a foccin Serbian wear a red poppy. How stupid can people get?
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No, frankly I can't think of anything more tacky than premier league footballers with red poppies printed on their shirts. This demeans and trivialises remembrance. Quiet contemplation at at an English premier league football game – really?
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No longer is it good enough just to remember, but people today are more interested in being seen to remember.
Rant over.
You ask them what they actually know about either of the 2 World Wars and see what gems of knowledge are forthcoming
.I choose to wear a poppy. I want to remember. After all it was that sort of freedom to choose which was one of the things they were fighting for surely?.
I don't just wear one because I feel intimidated to do so by some dumb footballer that knows nothing about the war and has just jumped on the bandwagon '' 'Cos it's a respect fing ain't it guv?" or because someone else demands to know why I haven't.
To be meaningfull Remebrance has to be a concious, personal choice doesn't it?. Surely if it's just been printed on a shirt and handed to you without your request or knowledge it's meaningless isn't it??