What should be a one-day event has now become a minimum of a week event - like bonfire night and black Friday. I really hope Valentine's is left alone....
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He raises a valid point, on Saturday night the TV was on and for about five minutes 'Strictly Come Dancing' was offending my ears and eyes with a f***ing horrendous dance routine with the dancers wearing WW1 military uniforms in front of a bunch of celebrity wankers gushing about it. Thousands upon thousands of young men died in the most horrific ways imaginable just so that 100 years later it could be turned into a dance routine on Saturday night TV......there's definitely a lot to be said for quiet, dignified remembrance like it used to be rather than the whole 'I'm more thankful than you' bollocks we are subjected to these days
What should be a one-day event has now become a minimum of a week event - like bonfire night and black Friday. I really hope Valentine's is left alone....
when did it change? i thought it was a badge it wore with pride?
Might have known. Its frontage used to be painted as a cross of St George. The landlord's quite possibly a member of the EDL, he's that right wing.
Quietly showing respect means so much more to vets and serving soldiers than buying a git big poppy or arguing why someone doesn't have one on their shirt . YESWhat was wrong with a minute or two minute silence each season?
Now we have clubs flogging "limited edition" poppy shirts and some people (generally, not just in football) trying their best to outdo each other in how much they respect the fallen.
Quietly showing respect means so much more to vets and serving soldiers than buying a git big poppy or arguing why someone doesn't have one on their shirt
Remembering falling soldiers giving their lives for generations that follow and people want it out, no big deal...but god forbid if anyone said anything about a rainbow flag or pin. A girl was kicked off US national team for it...it’s almost like there’s an agenda.
Just what I'd expect from that disgusting rag. Thankfully we live in a country where people like Squires are free to sneer. Of course some of the behaviour surrounding Armistice Day is over the top and tasteless now, that's the world of 2019, but if it brings more money to help ex-servicemen and their dependants while reminding people what we owe to ordinary men and women then so be it.
Who is Squires sneering at?Just what I'd expect from that disgusting rag. Thankfully we live in a country where people like Squires are free to sneer. Of course some of the behaviour surrounding Armistice Day is over the top and tasteless now, that's the world of 2019, but if it brings more money to help ex-servicemen and their dependants while reminding people what we owe to ordinary men and women then so be it.
Why are deprived areas more patriotic? That's just odd.I have to say I completely agree with the article.
There’s been an explosion in making a huge deal of this in football over the last decade or so. A minutes silence on the weekend of rememberance sunday was always enough in the past so what changed?
And there is a definite correlation between deprived areas and patriotism. Just as there was with people who voted to leave the EU. Hardly a coincidence that Sunderland had the largest memorial service turnout outside London.
I realise this won’t be a popular view.
It will be a very popular view with those who think it's "cool" to run down this country. It won't be popular with those who are proud that Sunderland has the largest memorial service turnout outside of London. I'm in the latter category, the Guardianistas in the former. People who think their country can do no wrong are to be criticised, but those who think their country can do no right are far more contemptible.I have to say I completely agree with the article.
There’s been an explosion in making a huge deal of this in football over the last decade or so. A minutes silence on the weekend of rememberance sunday was always enough in the past so what changed?
And there is a definite correlation between deprived areas and patriotism. Just as there was with people who voted to leave the EU. Hardly a coincidence that Sunderland had the largest memorial service turnout outside London.
I realise this won’t be a popular view.