I'm not a fan of the poppy.
November 10, 2017 at 6:05 pm
(This post was last modified: November 10, 2017 at 6:06 pm by Pat Mustard.)
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I'm not a fan of the poppy.
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Pat Mustard
God! Theresa, I forgot me fecking trousers!  Religious Views: the Disc's first ligthning proof atheist 
I'm currently suffering greatly from opiate induced constipation.
My view of poppies has rather declined of late too . . . . . . . . . . The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
It's an inconsequential price to pay to signify the memory of those who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms I enjoy.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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God! Theresa, I forgot me fecking trousers! Religious Views: the Disc's first ligthning proof atheist (November 10, 2017 at 6:18 pm)Cyberman Wrote: It's an inconsequential price to pay to signify the memory of those who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms I enjoy. Did they? The main focus of the poppy is world war one, a squalid squabble between rival imperial powers whose shared goal was to absorb the colonial empires of their defeated enemies.
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What would happen if we forgot?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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God! Theresa, I forgot me fecking trousers! Religious Views: the Disc's first ligthning proof atheist (November 10, 2017 at 6:55 pm)Cyberman Wrote: What would happen if we forgot? Not talking about forgetting, I'm talking about glorifying. And stuff like the poppy is forgetting. It speaks about glory and honour and victory, but says nothing about the mucky stuff, the death, the seeing your best friend having his leg sawn off because he was hit with too much shrapnel to do anything else. It forgets the back room deals between governments, the corrupt contracts to weapons suppliers the inadequate provisions and rotting uniforms. It speaks about an ideal while trying to supress the reality.
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Home (November 10, 2017 at 6:55 pm)Cyberman Wrote: What would happen if we forgot? Sets a precedent for forgetting other things I'd rather not. ![[Image: aidsquilt_wide-9cd163c2e0cbdabe2c75ff3b0...jpg?s=1400]](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/06/27/aidsquilt_wide-9cd163c2e0cbdabe2c75ff3b0edd6c94efbbfff8.jpg?s=1400)
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
The thing that irritates me is that it's been donation commercialized. I'll bet I get hit up three or more times tomorrow. Only one of the three will be for veteran's.
On a side note, now I got this stuck.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
(November 10, 2017 at 7:14 pm)Wololo Wrote:(November 10, 2017 at 6:55 pm)Cyberman Wrote: What would happen if we forgot? Maybe for you. Personally, that's the kind of stuff I do remember and honour; the servicemen and women, the civilians, the children, the senseless destruction and waste. I honour those who had to face that and give thanks that I don't have to. Because the moment we don't pay homage to the memory is the moment they suffered and died for nothing. Matter of fact, I've never come across anyone who doesn't feel the same, for the same reasons.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
Endless spins on dead soldiers. You can't all profit from their demise.
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