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Previously on "FA to challenge FIFA over Poppy Ban"

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by Incognito View Post
    Don't forget, that these conflicts are the first exposure people of a younger generation have had to what the poppy actually stands for. I was too young to appreciate what the Falklands was about and I was just a lad when the worst of the troubles were over.

    Try listening to the Jeremy Vine special on Remembrance day 'The Songs My Son Loved' and stop being so cynical about it.

    BBC - BBC Radio 2 Programmes - Jeremy Vine: The Songs My Son Loved



    I can't remember any of the home counties playing on or around Remembrance day in at least the last decade. It's because it's being played the day before and it's in the public eye that young lads are getting killed out their daily.

    There is no crime in remembering the fallen.
    I understand that the Scottish team has asked if they can play in dresses as is their heritage. No idea if this is true.

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  • Incognito
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    Up until Tony Blair ordered troops into combat in Afghanistan and Iraq Remembrance Sunday was a solemn affair contemplated in silent respect.
    Don't forget, that these conflicts are the first exposure people of a younger generation have had to what the poppy actually stands for. I was too young to appreciate what the Falklands was about and I was just a lad when the worst of the troubles were over.

    Try listening to the Jeremy Vine special on Remembrance day 'The Songs My Son Loved' and stop being so cynical about it.

    BBC - BBC Radio 2 Programmes - Jeremy Vine: The Songs My Son Loved

    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    However, I don't understand why the England football team should suddenly feel the need for this, having played for a long time without poppies.
    I can't remember any of the home counties playing on or around Remembrance day in at least the last decade. It's because it's being played the day before and it's in the public eye that young lads are getting killed out their daily.

    There is no crime in remembering the fallen.

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  • darmstadt
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    It is a bot of a political symbol:

    The original idea came, of course, from the Toronto military surgeon and poet John McCrae and was inspired by the death of his friend Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, killed on 3 May 1915. "In Flanders fields the poppies blow/Between the crosses, row on row." But it's a propaganda poem, urging readers to "take up the quarrel with the foe".

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
    I can't help thinking this is a correct decision. The poppy is a political symbol whether we like it or not. Political symbols do not have to be associated with party politics.
    I don't think it's a political symbol. Or it wasn't - now it probably is after this.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Langkawi View Post
    it's a long time since the phrase "FIFA is right" has been used with such conviction!
    And doubtless it will be an equally long time before it occurs again.

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  • Langkawi
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    I'll say this for the Daily Mail & The Sun trying to whip up a frenzy over a non-issue. From reading this post it's a long time since the phrase "FIFA is right" has been used with such conviction!

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  • Doggy Styles
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    I can't help thinking this is a correct decision. The poppy is a political symbol whether we like it or not. Political symbols do not have to be associated with party politics.

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  • russell
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Don't worry. You never stopped being a retard in my eyes.
    Yeah I always wondered if a retards see everyone else as retarded, now I know.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Don't worry. You never stopped being a retard in my eyes.
    I am sure he draws great comfort from that fact d000hg.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by russell View Post
    Ah well it was good while it lasted.
    Don't worry. You never stopped being a retard in my eyes.

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  • russell
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    Ah well it was good while it lasted.

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  • cailin maith
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Don't say YOU did that; that's nasty.

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  • Arturo Bassick
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    Told you!

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
    Erm...
    Don't say YOU did that; that's nasty.

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  • cailin maith
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    Originally posted by russell View Post
    YEES screw everyone who though I would never get up to Chutney!! I will never be a retard again!
    Erm...

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