Remembrance Sunday

Saw Beale at the game on Saturday playing "the bluebells are blue" on his bagpipes outside the ground.

 

That particular 'furore' must have passed me by. But if he doesn't want to wear a poppy on his shirt, that's fair enough imo.

They played the "Last Post" at the North London derby yesterday. I'm not aware of any resentment on the part of Arsenals not inconsiderable Irish support.

 

Really? It's in the news every year, like when he was at Wigan, and now he's at West Brom. On the news, in the papers etc. Strange how you missed it.

Yeah, I saw that. Watched the game. I'm not aware of any resentment from other teams either when they're made to observe a minute's silence. I think that's generally because the Nigels 100% buy in to the poppy farce, even when it's blatantly evident it has nothing to do with football. No other sport is milked in the same way or has the same emphasis put on it to hold these stupid pre-match commemorations. I mean, if it was some sort of tradition then fair enough, but it isn't - it's only happened in the last decade.

 

It's happened in the last decade because of the Afghan war. Plenty of people disagree with the war, most of them still respect the young, mostly working class people who lost their lives.

And I don't read the tabloids. So I miss most of the ****.

 

Good old Rangers. Get the army in and cater for their knuckle dragging fans who love a soldier with a big weapon.

"Thanks for hosting us" says the army. "We're looking forward to seeing the size of the donation you'll be giving to Poppy Scotland".

Awkward silence ensues...

 

Yeah, I'm sure they do, except it doesn't need to be done at football matches. Why football? The poppy doesn't even register with other sports, mainly because it's left up to the individual to make the personal decision about whether they wish to wear one or not. Sadly, football has now been hijacked and it gives permission to the majority to enforce their views on the minority. It's wrong, and due to being forced upon us means that the only way the brave minority can decry this disgraceful celebration is by making their voices heard during the minute's silence. If anything, they are are courageous ones for speaking up when all others remained quiet.

It's been on the news, you know, on the TV. And the radio. And most other forms of media communication with the general public. There's even huge thread about it on here...

 

I'm with Jif with regards to politics should be removed from sport. Wear a poppy if you want ( not necessarily on your sleeve [monocager] ), don't wear it if you don't want. Stand still for a minute or two - or sit down if you don't want - but let's not be forced to do so when at an event unconnected to politics. A question that is springing up within this thread is - why should people be constrained to 'respect' [seemingly] only at sports venues ?- if you was at your local supermarket, they may invite you to join them in a minute's silence - but they wouldn't bat an eyelid if you just continued to take stuff off the shelves - and if you dared to walk out without payment, the store detective isn't just going to stand there whilst the seconds ticked by..... and the surgeon operating in the hospital isn't going to just look at the open chest cavity etc etc etc. - can you imagine the carnage and mayhem if airline pilots 'switched off' for a couple of minutes at 35,000 ft.
We can all pay our respects either privately or in the correct, more dignified surroundings than a football stadium - where, as I said, for the next 90 minutes all that will happen is that 22 men will engage in another war - where respect doesn't come into the equation.

 

"Brave minority"

Are you ****ing serious?

 

As ever, @alwaysright forcing his 13" dick of knowledge in to the stupid arseholes of the huns and Nigels.

 

In you pop, squire.

 

I'm probably thick but i certainly wouldn't ever call a few men kicking a ball across a field a war.

 

^^^^never been to an Old Firm game

 

@alwaysright

M8 U GNA STAND 4 THAT CHEEK FRM DAN S?

 

this mincer's been beelin aw weekend

Wits wrang ya bellend?

 

Well said, m8

 

Check oot Nev tonguing his hero's dunger

"Well said, sir. Another rim sir?"

 

Celtic fans too cowardly to do anything but boo and jeer. Meanwhile in Russia, they have a real protester(which has nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday at all)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34764044

 

The Poppy appeal and Poppy Scotland are charities. They have no political affilation. They are non poitical.

They have been politicised, especially in Scotland, by the plastic Paddy brigade. That in turn has led to the huns being ever more vociferous in their backing of it in an attempt to make the stupid taigs look even worse.

At the end of the day the are all ****s scoring points using dead and disabled heroes as ammo.

So **** up the lot of yees.

 

this ****s been beelin for days

Splendid.

 

He's been beelin that long that his beel must've went all Molde