Poppies-Poppy Day

[Bobby Sands]

How long do they go around wearing those things? I thought it was just for one day?

you wont see me supporting that shit, thats for sure.

 

[Casey]

Fuck if I know. I don't support it either.

I remember at my high school they would give you a detention if you didn't wear one on the actual remembrance day or whatever. fucking bullshit.

 

[Bobby Sands]

im just asking because i see the guys on sky sports wearing them for the past 2 weeks and the Arsenal players had them sown into their shirts for the game today.

 

[Flipmo]

I wear it. lol.

It's for the whole month of November I believe.

 

[Bobby Sands]

i think we have our own remembrance for Irish soldiers killed at war.

do Americans wear them as well?

 

[Da_Funk]

Why are you guys so against it? If anything it pisses me off that you guys could be so disrespectful of it.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^If i did, i would feel as if i was showing my support to the British army which i could never do after what they did to Catholics in the north of Ireland when they were meant to keeping peace.

I would on the other hand respect those soldiers that fought in both World Wars.

 

[Glockmatic]

You wear it for the whole month of november. It's not only for British soldiers, it's for all the soldiers who lost their lives in the first world war.

 

[S O F I]

I don't do that. I don't know of anyone who does that.

 

[Glockmatic]

They don't have the tradition in the US, its a commonwealth thing. US has Veterans Day, commonwealth countries have Remembrance Day

 

[S O F I]

I know that, I'm just saying, we don't WEAR anything to honor the veterans of the wars on Nov 11 or throughout November. At least, to my knowledge.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^neither do we.

I thought at first that it was just the English wore them in remembrance of their own soldiers. i never knew that other nations marked it by wearing poppies

 

[Da_Funk]

^^

Its a sign of respect for all those who died in WWI and WWII, not just for the soldiers who made that sacrifice. Tbh, i thought all the allied nations did this.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^yes but we dont wear them to remember our own soldiers.Fair enough some Irish fought in the British army in the world wars but by buying a poppy i would be supporting the British army and i couldn't do that.

 

[Bobby Sands]

I guess my view is that i respect any soldier that fought in WW I and WW II and they should be remembered. But i dont care for any soldier involved in the Northern Ireland troubles.

 

[Bender]

the Irish don't celebrate remembrance day because you are not part of the UK. If you from Northern Ireland, yes, but the IRA didn't and don't wear poppies.

 

[Duke]

I guess my view is that i respect any soldier that fought in WW I and WW II and they should be remembered. But i dont care for any soldier involved in the Northern Ireland troubles.

All of them?

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Remembrance Day is Nov 11 here.. Anzac Day seems like it gets more focus though.

 

[Bobby Sands]

the Irish don't celebrate remembrance day because you are not part of the UK. If you from Northern Ireland, yes, but the IRA didn't and don't wear poppies.

lol. we are not part of the UK? thanks for telling me that

protestants in the north would. I doubt many catholics would.

 

[Bobby Sands]

All of them?

of course not. Just the nazis