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je suis Charlie
post Nov 9 2018, 05:07 PM
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I hope you will all take time to bow your heads on Sunday. Meanwhile this is worth reading;

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/here...-poppy-13562326
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post Nov 12 2018, 09:37 AM
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I have been quite annoyed about the whole thing this year. It seems to have become a competition as to who can "OUT-REMEMBERANCE" each other. The poppy appeal and remembrance are two different things and seem to have been lumped in together, social media has been alight with everyones photos of themselves doing things. It's like comic relief, and for me it should be humble, and quiet. I can totally understand why some people are saying it's glorifying war, although I don't think it is, but it's about glorifying individuals now remembering the way. I even saw a competition where you could "win" a place at the front of a parade in London. My local town facebook page is awash with people sharing videos of their offspring singing amazing grace and other unrelated songs as part of the ceremony and it all just seems wrong to me.
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- je suis Charlie   Remember the sacrifice.   Nov 9 2018, 05:07 PM
- - Turin Machine   Good article here from the beeb. https://www.bbc....   Nov 9 2018, 06:11 PM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 9 2018, 06:11 ...   Nov 9 2018, 07:51 PM
- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Nov 9 2018, 05:0...   Nov 9 2018, 07:27 PM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (Strafin @ Nov 12 2018, 09:37 AM) I...   Nov 12 2018, 11:37 AM
- - newres   Until recently I wore a red poppy and attended eve...   Nov 12 2018, 06:34 PM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (newres @ Nov 12 2018, 06:34 PM) Un...   Nov 12 2018, 06:50 PM
|- - Turin Machine   QUOTE (newres @ Nov 12 2018, 06:34 PM) In...   Nov 12 2018, 07:11 PM
||- - newres   QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 12 2018, 07:11...   Nov 13 2018, 07:54 PM
||- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (newres @ Nov 13 2018, 07:54 PM) 25...   Nov 13 2018, 09:37 PM
||- - Turin Machine   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Nov 13 2018, 09...   Nov 13 2018, 09:54 PM
||- - newres   QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 13 2018, 09:54...   Nov 14 2018, 07:28 PM
||- - Turin Machine   QUOTE (newres @ Nov 14 2018, 07:28 PM) He...   Nov 14 2018, 08:12 PM
|||- - newres   QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 14 2018, 08:12...   Nov 14 2018, 09:55 PM
||- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (newres @ Nov 14 2018, 07:28 PM) He...   Nov 14 2018, 09:34 PM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (newres @ Nov 12 2018, 06:34 PM) In...   Nov 14 2018, 10:48 PM
- - newres   Incidentally, and I know this will be controversia...   Nov 12 2018, 07:15 PM
- - Turin Machine   Or maybe you were thinking about Robert Fisk who w...   Nov 12 2018, 07:15 PM
|- - newres   QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 12 2018, 07:15...   Nov 12 2018, 07:52 PM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (newres @ Nov 12 2018, 07:52 PM) Ok...   Nov 13 2018, 11:26 AM
- - je suis Charlie   Ignore any political bias from the interviewer and...   Nov 15 2018, 12:09 AM


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