FIFA banning poppies

[Deleted member 24970]

The young go-getter, @ToffeeTim. Remember the name

I thought you meant the guy @tim gabbott at first. For now I will sit back and wait to see if @ToffeeTim asks for me to clear up this mess ala The Wolfe.

 

[ToffeeTim]

can you do us all a favour and get yourself banned again please.

WOWSERS

 

[davek]

Someone grassed Ireland up to FIFA.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...football-association-of-ireland-easter-rising

 

[Neiler]

Someone grassed Ireland up to FIFA.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...football-association-of-ireland-easter-rising

The Brexit can't come fast enough.lol

 

[davek]

The Rugby preliminaries there: neither Wales or Australia wearing poppies; no mention of it at all.

Why is football affected by this and other sports not?

 

[BlueLlama]

The Rugby preliminaries there: neither Wales or Australia wearing poppies; no mention of it at all.

Why is football affected by this and other sports not?

Wales are mate but it's a bugger to see on the red shirts

 

[davek]

Wales are mate but it's a bugger to see on the red shirts

Oh right. I watched the anthems and they had their drill tops on.

 

[balggy]

The poppy has value because it is a voluntary gesture – a parting with a few pence to display your acknowledgment of those who died in service of their country.

I think we have moved past that in the last few years.

 

[davek]

Wales are mate but it's a bugger to see on the red shirts

Bloody hell, you had me convinced then. There is no poppies on them.

 

[BlueLlama]

Bloody hell, you had me convinced then. There is no poppies on them.

 

[Mickey]

My issue with the poppy is that it symbolises British Military adventurism as uniformly good and just, when on many occasions it was anything but. Propaganda and mind-control.

 

[Ballymoney1]

Poppies have been around since the 1920s I think. Its only recently this has become an issue. Poppies have been turned into a must wear badge of honour.

 

[Yorkie]

Can somebody please explain to me how the poppy is being politicised?

Genuinely interested.

Dunno but I heard they make smack from it.

 

[Boss_Blue]

Dunno but I heard they make smack from it.

Opium mate.

 

[Yorkie]

Opium mate.

"Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants. Milky, sap-like opium is first removed from the pod of the poppy flower. This opium is refined to make morphine, then further refined into different forms of heroin."