FIFA banning poppies

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You can blame all this venerating the forces on recent governments in order to distract people from the dodgy wars said governments sent them to fight.
 
flippa said:
I agree with @davek that club sides (and more specifically, the players) shouldn't be forced to wear poppies; like anything you choose to acknowledge/ pay respect to, it should be a personal thing, rather than something forced upon you- which is meaningless anyway. And I don't see the players being forced to consider wearing/ not wearing a pink ribbon in October, or a Red Ribbon on December 1st, or grow 'taches in November, so why a poppy?

I personally choose to wear a poppy out of respect for (all) those who have died in the absurdity of war, as I respect those who have given up their lives doing what they thought was right. However, I also respect the rights of others to reject wearing a poppy for their own feelings about war. Just a shame that FIFA feel like they have to dictate on this, but perhaps it is to make players feel less uncomfortable with perhaps being forced to express private opinions publically?
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If they had white Poppy Day to condemn militarism then there'd be a massive outcry in the blood thirsty media owned by Hawks who prompted wars for their own ends.

There should be none of this clap trap anyway. As if people have to wear poppies to show they care about sacrifice. It's absurd. My great grand father lost half a foot in the First World War and was pretty much disabled thereafter. But he was left without a pension from that lot and despised them all his life and cursed the poppy business. Sacrificed himself almost in conflict just to go back and live in a 'kin slum....which was the fate of the families of most of those killed in the two world wars.
 
davek said:
If they had white Poppy Day to condemn militarism then there'd be a massive outcry in the blood thirsty media owned by Hawks who prompted wars for their own ends.

There should be none of this clap trap anyway. As if people have to wear poppies to show they care about sacrifice. It's absurd. My great grand father lost half a foot in the First World War and was pretty much disabled thereafter. But he was left without a pension from that lot and despised them all his life and cursed the poppy business. Sacrificed himself almost in conflict just to go back and live in a 'kin slum....which was the fate of the families of most of those killed in the two world wars.
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How tall was he before he went?
 
Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
They're of course doing so incorrectly though as the poppy is supposed to represent all soldiers in all wars, not just the British Army, so be appropriating it they are actually going against what it means in the first place
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I get where you're coming from but it's probably a bit like me saying the swastika was originally a Hindu symbol for peace so it's ok to use it on my shirt because I'm a hippie after all.
Symbols are notoriously difficult to reclaim once they've been appropriated.
 
roydo said:
Is it just me that cant help thinking that if the Poppies were "The *random FIFA sponsor* supported Poppies", then this wouldnt be an issue?
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...and they make political decisions every time they hold the world cup venue vote.

Still, they are right here: imagine if Croatia or Serbia want to honour their war dead...or Germany FFS!
 
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