Going to the dogs...

[Dithering Dougie]

No, he was attacked possibly for selling them......

Okay then how many people get attacked for selling them? Same point really, I've never heard of this before have you? It's awful, but isolated incident. Its not a regular thing and it wont stop regular poppy sellers doing their jobs. I wish it hadn't happened but you've sensationised this like a Daily Mail editor with your wording to push your own agenda.

 

[rascal]

Exactly. This country used to be proud of people wearing uniform, no longer apparently........

Get over lid, fetishism over the military has been at the highest point I've ever known it in my 23 years.

 

[Elong]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28641008


In late May a group belonging to a banned cult beat a woman to death in a fast food restaurant. Her only crime was to refuse to give them her telephone number.

The cult in question is called the Church of the Almighty God and claims to have millions of members.

It was an ordinary evening in a small town McDonald's in east China until a family of six arrived trying to recruit new members to their Christian cult.

They moved between the tables asking for phone numbers and when one diner refused they beat her to death, screaming at other diners to keep away or they would face the same fate.

The savage murder was filmed on closed circuit TV and on mobile phones.

It shocked China. Who were these people prepared to kill over a telephone number?

Interviewed in prison later, one of the murderers, Zhang Lidong, showed no remorse and no fear.

He said: "I beat her with all my might and stamped on her too. She was a demon. We had to destroy her."



Another isolated incident that hasn't deserved it's own thread...

 

[Woolly Blue]

Okay then how many people get attacked for selling them? Same point really, I've never heard of this before have you? It's awful, but isolated incident. Its not a regular thing and it wont stop regular poppy sellers doing their jobs. I wish it hadn't happened but you've sensationised this like a Daily Mail editor with your wording to push your own agenda.

Actually mate, apart from the "words are superflous", Pete lifted the text from

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-29870960

For sure, Pete has political views which people may or may not agree with, but things get discussed in the Ale House on here, and in real Ale Houses on a daily basis and, on the whole, we're all aware of each others prejudices.

With which, to save infractions which might lead to a totting up ban, this thread is