Will you be wearing the poppy this year ?

Sunnyisland

I was secretly sent a pm by a mod reminding me it was my turn to start the annual poppies will you or won't you thread, So of you go ....

hairyslug

In four words, no

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realies wrote: »

I was secretly sent a pm by a mod reminding me it was my turn to start the annual poppies will you or won't you thread, So of you go ....

Will you be wearing yours op?

Redbishop

Personally, no.
But I have no problem with anyone that does.

Sunnyisland

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Will you be wearing yours op?

Ah now DWW as this is after hours I shall follow the sheep.

I was trying to search for my numerous previous posts on this subject but the search function don't seem to be working...

Collie D

In before James McClean

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Collie D wrote: »

In before James McClean

We'll all be in before James wears one anyway.

Dirty Dingus McGee

I'm going to wear one to show that I have moved on from the past at the same time as remembering a war that happened 100 years ago.

I'm also wearing one to help show how much we have matured as a nation.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

If I could get one I certainly would wear it. And I would be proud to do so.

I suppose we now all repeat what we posted this time last year.....

iDave

Poppies.......Brits....... Easter Lilly.......agro

RobertKK

No, and it is done in Britain for more than remembering the dead. It is done also to glorify the military.

You hear very little about how stupid the UK was with getting involved in WW1.

CamperMan

No, never wore one and never will

ziggy

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Menas

Princeton Square Tadpole wrote: »

If I could get one I certainly would wear it. And I would be proud to do so.

I suppose we now all repeat what we posted this time last year.....

Damn it, I cant remember what I posted last year.

But whatever it was, I stand bye it and will fight anyone who disagrees.

Dozen Wicked Words

I won't be wearing one, having worn one for a lot of years previously (obviously only for the couple of weeks in November, I took it off between commemorations, much as I love poppies). Its genuinely very sad what the Daily Mail and the like have done, stigmatising those who choose not to wear one. So fupp em.

Sunnyisland

ziggy wrote: »

I would imagine all the people who wore one last year will do so again and all the people who didn't will again do so.

That should save the annual 100 page thread won't it.......

It's my turn to start the thread this year, I was promised...

Redbishop

Princeton Square Tadpole wrote: »

If I could get one I certainly would wear it. And I would be proud to do so.

I suppose we now all repeat what we posted this time last year.....

I wasn't here last year and am just wondering why you would be proud to wear it?

Badly Drunk Boy

No. I have no need for accessories.



Pete Sweet liked Poppy, though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiO2jbwL98E

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realies wrote: »

It's my turn to start the thread this year, I was promised...

And you've done a lovely job of it.

play it again

Of course , it's very important to remember the people who died so we can live in freedom , free from oppression and dictators, because brave men and women laid down their lives

RobertKK

I know some British people who choose not to wear the poppy and they give out stink every year over the grief they get.

Then you will have some saying 'they fought for freedom...'.

deandean

No, I couldn't see my shopping trips to the Northside shopping centre going well if I was sporting a poppy.

LordSutch

realies wrote: »

I was secretly sent a pm by a mod reminding me it was my turn to start the annual poppies will you or won't you thread, So of you go ....

I guess you've been itching for this

...and don't worry, I'll have all guns blazing to defend the wearing of the poppy in Ireland, but you are about two weeks too soon this year, so until then I'll keep away.

Cheers 4 now.

See you in November.

Commemorate an armed force that colluded with terrorists?

Not a chance

Sunnyisland

LordSutch wrote: »

I guess you've been itching for this

...and don't worry, I'll have all guns blazing to defend the poppy in Ireland, but you are about two weeks too soon this year, so until then I'll keep away.

Cheers 4 now.

See you in November.

Ah now lord sutch, sure I was bored tis morning and ain't it better to be early than late, see you soon as I have a plane to catch :-)

Sure they have a Christmas thread going here already ...

MilesMorales1

Absolutely.

ghostdancer

no, as i don't give a fukc about commemorating it/them, nor am I an attention-seeking dickhead like most who wear them here.

ghostdancer

RobertKK wrote: »

I know some British people who choose not to wear the poppy and they give out stink every year over the grief they get.

Then you will have some saying 'they fought for freedom...'.

fought for the freedom of knuckle-dragging morons to abuse those who don't think the same as them.
the militant poppy brigade are hilariously lacking in self-awareness tbf

Fratton Fred

RobertKK wrote: »

No, and it is done in Britain for more than remembering the dead. It is done also to glorify the military.

You hear very little about how stupid the UK was with getting involved in WW1.

You obviously didn't go to the same school as me then.

Penny Tration

deandean wrote: »

No, I couldn't see my shopping trips to the Northside shopping centre going well if I was sporting a poppy.

I live around the corner from there and plenty of people wear poppies in there.

kupus

why would i wear a poppy. NOt my war. Not my era. Not my problem.

RobertKK

Fratton Fred wrote: »

You obviously didn't go to the same school as me then.

The entry of the UK into the war is what really raised the death toll, they did not have to enter it. They felt threatened by the rising power of the Kaiser in Europe, even though the Kaiser was not threatening the British empire.
The British empire didn't want a rival in Europe.
Then the winners decided to humiliate Germany for the war, which eventually led to WW2.

Who commemorates all the dead civilians these needless wars caused?

People wearing poppies to commemorate dead soldiers who were needlessly sent off to be killed, nothing about politicians who failed the people of Britain and Ireland by doing this. Nothing about the countless dead this decision caused.
Nothing about how this led to the creation of a monster who would wage war and systematically murder people.

The problem is politicians continue to use WW1 and it's dead to focus on the military and how honourable it is suppose to be. You hear nothing about the terrible decisions of the politicians.
The same decisions that cause things like the invasion of Iraq and a blood thirst that continues to defile this planet.

There is so much wrong in how the past is remembered.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Penny Tration wrote: »

I live around the corner from there and plenty of people wear poppies in there.

No they don't, stop that.

OP I've worn one in the past but then at the time I was working closely with the British military attache here.

I'd family who fought in WWI, and some of our greatest Irish patriots also served with distinction in the British army. One of our lesser known patriots was also awarded the VC and MM for his service in the British army in India and Europe, he came home to fight in our war of independence then died in service with the national army.

His body is interned in the British war cemetery in Grangegormon.

We shouldn't be ashamed of our links with the British army.

corner of hells

realies wrote: »

It's my turn to start the thread this year, I was promised...

It's my turn to start a dole bashing the ad , I'll swap it for your poppy thread.

NachoBusiness

If Poppy is the name of a low IQ lap dancer with daddy issues, then yes, perhaps I will be wearing a Poppy this year.

OhDearyMe

Yes. I'm going to cover myself completely head-to-toe in poppies for the next fortnight.

steddyeddy

The British should be proud of their army's efforts in WW1 and 2 but as long as the poppy honours the whole army (e.g. the 1st battalion parachute regiment) I can't wear it.

glued

Why would any Irish person affiliate themselves with an another countries customs? It's quite a bizarre thing for any Irish person to wear a poppy unless a relative was part of the British Armed forces.

Berserker

Yay, the annual poppy thread. I will be wearing one, as usual. Love the Remembrance Sunday service in our local church.

glued wrote: »

Why would any Irish person affiliate themselves with an another countries customs? It's quite a bizarre thing for any Irish person to wear a poppy unless a relative was part of the British Armed forces.

Many, many Irish people will have relatives who served in WWI or WWII.

Turtyturd

Plenty of poppys in Northside?

F*ckin' 'ell.

Richard Hillman

I'm going to wear so many Poppys that they will form one massive poppy in itself.

Azalea

No. I have no reason to do so (not that I disrespect the countless young men and boys who went to their deaths in the trenches at the behest of their masters). Most Irish people won't so I don't understand why the question is being asked. I would say some (not all) of the Irish people who wear one do so for attention-seeking reasons and to doff their caps to their "betters".

_Kaiser_

Nope, but nothing to do with "de Brits".. just something I wouldn't even think about at all. Ditto the 1916 celebrations next year which will probably just be an extended Paddy's Day-style pissup for most.

Menas

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Nope, but nothing to do with "de Brits".. just something I wouldn't even think about at all. Ditto the 1916 celebrations next year which will probably just be an extended Paddy's Day-style pissup for most.

Any political party campaigning in the next election can pick up a few % points by simply promising an extra public holiday for the 1916 commemoration/piss up.

Berserker

Menas wrote: »

Any political party campaigning in the next election can pick up a few % points by simply promising an extra public holiday for the 1916 commemoration/piss up.

I am amazed that they haven't tried to pull this yet. I expect to hear about it once the election is called. It'll be a weekend to go away on hols for any sane person.

Sheep Lover

Berserker wrote: »

Many, many Irish people will have relatives who served in WWI or WWII.

Irish people fought for the Nazis too in WWII but we probably won't be goosestepping and Sieg Heiling anytime soon.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Azalea wrote: »

No. I have no reason to do so (not that I disrespect the countless young men and boys who went to their deaths in the trenches at the behest of their masters). Most Irish people won't so I don't understand why the question is being asked. I would say some (not all) of the Irish people who wear one do so for attention-seeking reasons and to doff their caps to their "betters".

I fully accept your reasons for not wearing one but don't be so condescending towards those of us who would wear one to remember our family dead. My Uncle dies in WW1. My wearing a poppy would be for no attention seeking. And I've no idea what 'betters' I would wish to doff my non-existent cap to. Throwing in you bracketed 'not all' is a cop out.

Azalea

Princeton Square Tadpole wrote: »

Throwing in you bracketed 'not all' is a cop out.

No it isn't. It would be wrong of me not to include it. It indicates an awareness that some poppy wearers in this country, like you, have genuine reasons for it. And there are southern unionists (although I personally think it's a bit strange that they live in the republic).

But then there are the CCOB/Eoghan Harris-esque self loathing types with an inferiority complex who fawn over the British establishment and hardline unionists and "wish we were still" part of the empire (well they probably don't really).

arybvtcw0eolkf

Princeton Square Tadpole wrote: »

I fully accept your reasons for not wearing one but don't be so condescending towards those of us who would wear one to remember our family dead. My Uncle dies in WW1. My wearing a poppy would be for no attention seeking. And I've no idea what 'betters' I would wish to doff my non-existent cap to. Throwing in you bracketed 'not all' is a cop out.

Don't forget that a lot of people here are largely ignorant of the British Legions Poppy Appeal and how its helped the soldiers who have served & their families long after the soldiers service has finished.

So these people are largely just showing their ignorance.

I was too young to have seen it, but I remember stories of how the 'Legion helped my family when they were on hard times after the war.

Qualitymark

I might wear a white poppy from the Peace Pledge Union http://www.ppu.org.uk/whitepoppy/

I certainly won't wear the red poppy that glorifies soldiers including the Black-and-Tans in Ireland and Palestine. I don't understand why this should even be a question asked of Irish people.

In most countries this just isn't a thing. In France, a few politicians wear the cornflower (the French symbol of World War I) on November 11; otherwise it's not worn at all.

steddyeddy

Avery Tight Kindle wrote: »

Don't forget that a lot of people here are largely ignorant of the British Legions Poppy Appeal and how its helped the soldiers who have served & their families long after the soldiers service has finished.

So these people are largely just showing their ignorance.

I was too young to have seen it, but I remember stories of how the 'Legion helped my family when they were on hard times after the war.

It's not ignorance dude as it's fairly well advertised. It's just not my tradition.