Post by brucespringstain on Nov 9, 2019 17:55:48 GMT -5
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/poppy-james-mcclean-matic-guardiola-klopp-remembrance-sunday-armistice-day-a9194266.html
I'd be curious to know about what Spy, Brandt and the other British users think about this craze in British culture that has turned almost fanatical over the last decade. My brother got interrogated for not wearing one when he worked in London.
I find the hysteria and garishness that surrounds these couple weeks more disrespectful to the memory of fallen soldiers if anything. I'd imagine they'd be rolling in their grave if they knew they died for other people's freedom only to have people browbeaten into wearing these glorified fashion statements.
That's not to mention all the murky shit British soldiers have got up to in Ireland, Falklands etc. etc.
I'd be curious to know about what Spy, Brandt and the other British users think about this craze in British culture that has turned almost fanatical over the last decade. My brother got interrogated for not wearing one when he worked in London.
I find the hysteria and garishness that surrounds these couple weeks more disrespectful to the memory of fallen soldiers if anything. I'd imagine they'd be rolling in their grave if they knew they died for other people's freedom only to have people browbeaten into wearing these glorified fashion statements.
That's not to mention all the murky shit British soldiers have got up to in Ireland, Falklands etc. etc.
