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Poppy to become more inclusive

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    #32
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,626 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    I wonder will those who decried the white poppy refuse to buy this one now? Will there be people wearing this poppy at the marches in support of Soldier F??


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    #33
    MrAbyss
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭MrAbyss


    Always gave me the creeps (looks like a bullet hole) and south of Ireland people who wore it were always **** talking about something called 'the fallen' in a fake, dramatic tone.


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    #34
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,356 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    MrAbyss wrote: »
    Always gave me the creeps (looks like a bullet hole) and south of Ireland people who wore it were always **** talking about something called 'the fallen' in a fake, dramatic tone.

    Easy there , you're new round these parts.

    Give a few more posts and we'll see posters apocalyptic with rage posting from both points of view.


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    #35
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,270 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Treppen wrote: »
    Or maybe the Irish have matured and accepted the Poppy for what it is , rather than being an anti-Irish thing.

    Matured? lol

    That's some cheap bait you've got there.


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    #36
    Treppen
    Registered Users Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭Treppen


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Matured? What a condescending comment. The Poppy still predominantly is associated with benefiting the British legion an organisation devoted to helping former British soldiers several of whom murdered innocent civilians in the north and elsewhere. A few cuddly feely press releases won't change the facts.

    In fairness though if it weren't for the Brits (including Irish who fought) we'd be under a different type of Europe thanks to Hitler.

    And ya, soldiers did horrible things... The same way Irish soldiers did horrible things to 'the natives' when they were on peace keeping missions... Only just a few years ago. Didn't mean the whole Army are bad, or the peace keeping mission was bad.


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    #37
    False Prophet
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    Treppen wrote: »
    In fairness though if it weren't for the Brits (including Irish who fought) we'd be under a different type of Europe thanks to Hitler.

    And ya, soldiers did horrible things... The same way Irish soldiers did horrible things to 'the natives' when they were on peace keeping missions... Only just a few years ago. Didn't mean the whole Army are bad, or the peace keeping mission was bad.


    It was the Russians that beat the Germans not the Brits, and then the Americans that prevented the russians invading the rest of europe.
    The brits only cared about its empire, why Churchill wasted so much resources in Africa.


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    #38
    end of the road
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    Treppen wrote: »
    In fairness though if it weren't for the Brits (including Irish who fought) we'd be under a different type of Europe thanks to Hitler.

    And ya, soldiers did horrible things... The same way Irish soldiers did horrible things to 'the natives' when they were on peace keeping missions... Only just a few years ago. Didn't mean the whole Army are bad, or the peace keeping mission was bad.

    all of that is ultimately irrelevant. world war 2 was over 70 years ago, and even then britain was only 1 part of it. they weren't even really responsible for hitler being defeated.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #39
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    Let anyone who wants to buy it, buy it. Trying to get decent folk on board is pointless. It is what it is. What's next LGBTQ rainbow themed swastikas?


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    #40
    Plumbthedepths
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    Treppen wrote: »
    In fairness though if it weren't for the Brits (including Irish who fought) we'd be under a different type of Europe thanks to Hitler.
    BS, if it weren't for the Soviets the British were f**ked.
    And ya, soldiers did horrible things... The same way Irish soldiers did horrible things to 'the natives' when they were on peace keeping missions... Only just a few years ago. Didn't mean the whole Army are bad, or the peace keeping mission was bad.
    You'll have to refresh my memory who were the civilians the Irish army murdered?


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    #41
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    lawred2 wrote: »
    Matured? lol

    That's some cheap bait you've got there.

    and yet...


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    #42
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,700 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The Peace Pledge Union's White Poppy has been around since 1933.


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    #43
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    the annual poppy threads start earlier and earlier every year.

    And the posters seem younger. Must be getting old


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    #44
    end of the road
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    Treppen wrote: »
    Child abuse

    and i would bet the rifraff who committed such child abuse were dealt with. out on their arse, off to jail, and everyone informed that they are a disgrace to the army and to the irish people.
    unlike the british ones who murdered civilians in cold blood, who were protected and rewarded and hailed as heroes.
    absolutely disgusting and shameful to compare the irish army to them. at least the irish army take responsibility when criminality happens within it.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #45
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    "more inclusive" = marketing


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    #46
    FrancieBrady
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    Treppen wrote: »
    In fairness though if it weren't for the Brits (including Irish who fought) we'd be under a different type of Europe thanks to Hitler.

    .

    I thought Hitler beat the British back into Britain to await significant others to come to the rescue of Europe?


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    #47
    Your Face
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    Treppen wrote: »
    Or maybe the Irish have matured and accepted the Poppy for what it is , rather than being an anti-Irish thing.

    You must have quoted my post by mistake as your post has nothing to do with mine.


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    #48
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,149 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    And the posters seem younger. Must be getting old

    I remember when all this was just fields.


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    #49
    sligojoek
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    I remember when all this was just fields.

    Poppy fields??


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    #50
    blinding
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    I thought Hitler beat the British back into Britain to await significant others to come to the rescue of Europe?
    Russian Blood and American Money were probably the two most significant assets in beating the Germans .

    American Equipment ( given to the Russians ) especially Trucks were hugely important in beating the Germans .


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    #51
    Edgware
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    False Prophet wrote: »
    It was the Russians that beat the Germans not the Brits, and then the Americans that prevented the russians invading the rest of europe.
    The brits only cared about its empire, why Churchill wasted so much resources in Africa.

    How many Russians died on Normandy beach?
    Get a history book and dont be relying on your anti British bull****


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    #52
    evil_seed
    Registered Users Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭evil_seed


    Is it that time of year again?


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    #53
    Plumbthedepths
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    Edgware wrote: »
    How many Russians died on Normandy beach?
    Get a history book and dont be relying on your anti British bull****

    I'm guessing the same number of British that died on the Eastern front.


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    #54
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    Edgware wrote: »
    How many Russians died on Normandy beach?
    Get a history book and dont be relying on your anti British bull****

    I wouldn't bother, its little more than trolling from the usual few.


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    #55
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,848 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Edgware wrote: »
    How many Russians died on Normandy beach?
    Get a history book and dont be relying on your anti British bull****

    The point is - The British alone did not 'save' Europe, like everyone else in Europe they were defeated and routed and forced to retreat by the Germans.

    They were certainly a part of an 'Allied' effort to 'save Europe' though.


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    #56
    sbsquarepants
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    It's not trolling - the british hugely over estimate their role in defeating the nazis. To listen to some of them you'd swear churchill rolled up his sleeves and beat them himself, just like Rambo beat the Russians that time.

    It's nothing more than the old history being written by the victors thing - the Germans ruthlessly bombed a brave stoic civilian population in the blitz, the brits courageously firebombed Dresden thus ridding the world of the scurge of nazism.

    The British army is not deserving of any respect, for centuries it's been a genocidal wealth grab and not much else. From the occupation of our own country to the rape of Africa and Asia to the oil grab wars in the middle east, it's as evil an organisation as you're likely to find anywhere, and that era is not in the past, it's very much still acting the bollox all over the world.

    Fúck them and their poppies!


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    #57
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    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    It's not trolling - the british hugely over estimate their role in defeating the nazis. To listen to some of them you'd swear churchill rolled up his sleeves and beat them himself, just like Rambo beat the Russians that time.

    Listen to some on here and they think the British did nothing.

    Britain played a significant role in defeating Nazi Germany, that is a simple fact.


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    #58
    Plumbthedepths
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    Aegir wrote: »
    Listen to some on here and they think the British did nothing.
    They played their part.
    Britain played a significant role in defeating Nazi Germany, that is a simple fact.

    The Russians by shear weight of numbers both in terms of men and materials played a far larger role than the British.


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    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,848 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Aegir wrote: »
    Listen to some on here and they think the British did nothing.

    Britain played a significant role in defeating Nazi Germany, that is a simple fact.
    franciebrady wrote:
    They were certainly a part of an 'Allied' effort to 'save Europe' though.

    Yes, and that credit is freely given. They were a part of the effort to defeat Nazism.

    What they really need to do (the Mark Francois's and others (if the cap fits etc)) is realise that everyone sacrificed to defeat the Germans and that nobody 'owes' the British for saving them.

    Because expecting a payback on that imaginary debt is always going to disappoint. (See current events.)


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    #60
    ohnonotgmail
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Yes, and that credit is freely given. They were a part of the effort to defeat Nazism.

    What they really need to do (the Mark Francois's and others (if the cap fits etc)) is realise that everyone sacrificed to defeat the Germans and that nobody 'owes' the British for saving them.

    Because expecting a payback on that imaginary debt is always going to disappoint. (See current events.)

    while everybody sacrificed some sacrificed significantly more. deaths on the british side are measured in 100s of thousands. deaths on the russian side are measured in millions.


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    #61
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Yes, and that credit is freely given. They were a part of the effort to defeat Nazism.

    What they really need to do (the Mark Francois's and others (if the cap fits etc)) is realise that everyone sacrificed to defeat the Germans and that nobody 'owes' the British for saving them.

    Because expecting a payback on that imaginary debt is always going to disappoint. (See current events.)

    who said anything about people owing the British anything?


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