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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:11 pm
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| I don't really care whose tradition it is. I can remember history in whichever way I choose, so long as it doesn't harm anyone else. That is my right, and that is what the soldiers of the second world war fought for. And for the uneducated, the above is the definition of liberty. You know, that thi... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:47 am
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| Reading through this thread, I noticed one thing - the insults and name calling came from those advocating the wearing of the red poppy only. I find this a little disturbing, because at the same time they're talking about "respect" they're flinging out words such as asshole and cunt. Most... |
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Forum: Science & Technology Topic: Why Did Global Warming Become a Moral Matter? |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:57 pm
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| There's much more to the critique of offering Greenland up as proof of a coming climate catastrophe than the simple fact 1941 was a warmer year in in Greenland - which btw according NASA it was. Look, you seem to be able to put together a good argument. Unfortunately, as I've stated before, I don't... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:49 pm
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| Well no shit there lives could have been better. And that's the author's point. X number of years spent fighting a war instead of with the family, a chapter in their life that upon returning home they don't speak about. Nothing about honour, nothing about wishing they didn't fight. Ask the people h... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:41 pm
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Streaker wrote: Many men come back from war utterly broken. There is no disrespect in acknowledging that.
And many don't come back at all. Those men certainly had their lives lessened, in both quality and length. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:39 pm
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| How were their lives lessened? They fought for their country. They did the honourable thing. Did they experience hardships? Absolutely, but they volunteered knowing what they were going into. They are spinning in their graves at people thinking their lives were lessened. Their lives would have been... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:36 pm
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| How does that makes someone less of a person? It makes them more of a person. Link. The original idea behind Armistice Day and the red poppy was to send the message ‘never again,’ and I think that’s been forgotten,” he explained. “I don’t think there’s any veterans out there that think, ‘yeah, that... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:33 pm
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Tricks wrote: Yeah, they do. He said they are lesser people for serving. That's disrespect.
Total bullshit.
He said their lives were lessened. This is truth. Read the thread and people explain it. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:20 pm
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| It isn't acceptable. I don't condone them. How about if I took the peace symbol and fucked with it? For what purpose, to forward a anti-peace agenda? Like I said, go ahead. If your searching for some symbol that might garner a "rise" out of me, I don't think you'll succeed. You're welcome... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:05 pm
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Tricks wrote: Good point. Wonder how people would react if I fucked with the Koran or Mohammed. Or the Torah and the Star of David.
They'd probably react the same way hwacker and Scrappy did, threatening violence.
See how it's acceptable when it's something you believe in? |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:03 pm
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neopundit wrote: But the thing is, the white poppy isn't anti anything.
Wait, let me clarify that.
The white poppy could be construed as anti-war, but I guess that's only relevant if you consider the red poppy pro-war. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:01 pm
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| Indeed. What if I wanted an anti-religion symbol, and fucked around with the cross or Jesus. Give'er. Just remember there are a lot of crazy Christians who might take such a thing very seriously. So seriously in fact, they may threaten you with violence. People are like that. But the thing is, the ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:59 am
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Bodah wrote: Of course not, Why would you think that would be bad ?
Just curious as to what people thought. Is it the money, the symbol, or the act of actually remembering. |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: Tucker gets owned by Kucinich AGAIN |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:55 am
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| Just imagine the fun the mob would have had with a stooge running the department of homeland defence. It's fun watching Rudy wiggle out of this Kerik gaff. [popcorn] The unintentional-comedy-meter is going to explode (along with Iran) with a Giuliani presidency. Not only because he seems clueless, ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The White Poppy |
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:48 am
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Bodah wrote: If anti-war activists want a symbol fine, I suggest not fucking around with the poppy though.
It started in 1933, so it isn't new.
I'm curious, what would you folks think if I made my own red poppy to pin on my jacket. Is that bad? Do I have to buy it from the Legion? |
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