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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
As for it being an anti-war protest as MargaretR seems to suggest - what absolute tripe. Margaret,
Sprechen Sie fließendes Deutsches?
Because if so many of those heroes had not made the ultimate sacrifice and laid down there lives - that is what you would have had to speak. By all means express your opinions and hold your beliefs, but do not insult the intelligence of those who are realistic about the sacrifices made by our fallen.
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I had three uncles who served in the forces in WW2.
I have condemned the poppy burning too, and did actually remark -
"I like to think that I can make a legal protest on whatever topic I feel strongly about. The ones who died, died for that right. It should not be made illegal to offend anyones dignity"
The debate is - was it illegal and if not, should it be.
Cashy described them as 'dickheads' - race, colour, nationality, are no bar to being one - we have plenty home bred.
Garinda remarked that race should not be confused with religion, and rightly so.
Some dickheads burnt the koran - offence to a religion
Some dickheads burnt poppies - offence to a nation
Neither seems to fall under the category of - offence to a race.
(since being white British is just being part of a larger racial group and many of the fallen were of other races)