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[Tandorini]

With each year, the run up to Remembrance Sunday seems to become less about paying tribute to the fallen and more a litmus test for a particular sort of nauseating pub bore nationalism.

The Poppy Appeal launched last week and with it the now traditional blood-sport of hounding anyone in public life who appears without one. Within days, England cricketer Moeen Ali had been “caught” not wearing one on his lapel in an official team photo. Before he could get his apology out the social media Nazis were off – “rancid c***” barked one. “Come on @MoeenAli and @ECB_cricket why wasn’t you wearing a poppy?” demanded another.

Pictures swiftly emerged of Ali sporting a poppy earlier in the day – but his explanation that it had simply fallen off didn’t wash and a barrage of odium tinged with Islamophobia was directed at the player.

verder lezen:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/poppy-wear-why-not-remembrance-wars-soldiers-veterans-poppies-moeen-ali-a8031746.html

[shabu]

Een ieder jaar terugkerend verhaal inderdaad....

http://forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/viewtopic.php?p=436318#436318
http://forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/viewtopic.php?t=33265&highlight=poppy
http://forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/viewtopic.php?t=34471&highlight=poppy
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[Percy Toplis]

[Eric '14-'18]

Dit artikel kan er ook bij, gaat over het dragen van anders gekleurde (witte) poppies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45971456
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