British brothers and sisters, y'all wearing poppies or nah?
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Not in Florida.
I come from a family that has several members that have served in several wars
Great Grandfather WWI (Army)
Grandfather WWII (Army) (won 3 Bronze Stars fighting in the Pacific)
Other Grandfather WWII (Navy)
Father (Army) Korea and Viet Nam Vet
Younger brother (Army) Iraq and Afghanistan Vet (Two Bronze Stars)
I have worked with countless guys that have served American and British. Much Respect for anyone that raises their hand and swears on oath to give their life if need be for me and mine
I'd wear it if I was in England
Great Grandfather WWI (Army)
Grandfather WWII (Army) (won 3 Bronze Stars fighting in the Pacific)
Other Grandfather WWII (Navy)
Father (Army) Korea and Viet Nam Vet
Younger brother (Army) Iraq and Afghanistan Vet (Two Bronze Stars)
I have worked with countless guys that have served American and British. Much Respect for anyone that raises their hand and swears on oath to give their life if need be for me and mine
I'd wear it if I was in England
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Where I'm from, poppy is the shit you grow in Afghanistan when you want to produce heroin.
You are the second person to recommend that show, so I think I'd better watch it.
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What's the statement?
Bill Burr supports 98% of the troops lol
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JKgDsD3_E&feature=youtu.be&t=2m45s
Yes, no idea what it has to do with the U.K. though.
In WW1, the Irish were drafted, despite warnings it was a mistake. A lot of Arabs who were unwillingly part of the Ottoman empire didn't fare to well, either. The poppy is a reminder to some of the oppression their people suffered.
It doesn't offend me. I know people only wear it as a sign of respect. I also know that many soldiers are not signing up to defend our country.
What are they signing up to do?
Are you saying you have no idea what a remembrance poppy has to do with the UK?
here in Canada we do. being as we celebrate Remembrance Day as well.
IMO, if you dont and your country celebrates it then I dont think to kindly of you.
IMO, if you dont and your country celebrates it then I dont think to kindly of you.
I assume it's simply a sign of respect to those who sacrificed, and no idea why it would become a political statement. It became a sign of remembrance based on the lines from a speech written by a Canadian doctor. So why it's a UK specific question, yes, I have no idea.
seriously??? first baseball and now this???
Remembrance Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
fucking learn something.
No, I won't wear one. It's just become Establishment propaganda. If I don't believe in something, I'm not going to do it just because everyone else does. I respect your right to choose to wear one, so respect my right to choose not to.
There was also a lot who signed up voluntarily. The real mistake was the execution of the Gallipoli invasion.
I singled out the UK folks because this thread is a result of me reading a story
"Sienna Miller is blasted for 'disrespect' after appearing on Graham Norton's TV chat show without a poppy"
Sienna Miller is blasted for not wearing a poppy on The Graham Norton Show | Daily Mail Online
And I was curious about British public opinion.
In all fairness.
John McCrae, May 1915
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
During the early days of the Second Battle of Ypres a young Canadian artillery officer, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, was killed on 2nd May, 1915 in the gun positions near Ypres. An exploding German artillery shell landed near him. He was serving in the same Canadian artillery unit as a friend of his, the Canadian military doctor and artillery commander Major John McCrae.
As the brigade doctor, John McCrae was asked to conduct the burial service for Alexis because the chaplain had been called away somewhere else on duty that evening. It is believed that later that evening, after the burial, John began the draft for his now famous poem “In Flanders Fields”.
I do not understand what you are trying to show me here? that a Canadian wrote the poem? I volunteered at the museum of the regiments for 15 years. I know my ww1 & ww2 history my friend.
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I am wearing one and I'm Canadian.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.