Comments on: A few thoughts on the poppy fuss http://redrants.com/a-few-thoughts-on-the-poppy-fuss/ Manchester United Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:39:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Sweeper: The Politics of Poppy Populism | Pitch Invasion http://redrants.com/a-few-thoughts-on-the-poppy-fuss/comment-page-1/#comment-91403 The Sweeper: The Politics of Poppy Populism | Pitch Invasion Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:31:56 +0000 http://redrants.com/?p=2361#comment-91403 [...] LCD readership is a bit like complaining about water being wet, but that didn’t stop the more rational voices in England from taking the bait, including WSC and the Guardian’s Marina Hyde. Both [...] [...] LCD readership is a bit like complaining about water being wet, but that didn’t stop the more rational voices in England from taking the bait, including WSC and the Guardian’s Marina Hyde. Both [...]

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]]> By: Grognard http://redrants.com/a-few-thoughts-on-the-poppy-fuss/comment-page-1/#comment-91188 Grognard Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:04:03 +0000 http://redrants.com/?p=2361#comment-91188 @<a href="#comment-90991" rel="nofollow">Red Ranter</a>: Respect the individual but organizations do not get away with that. United as an organization must agree to wear the poppy. If certain individuals within the organization feel like not wearing it, I totally agree, they have that right although I must seriously ask the question, why wouldn't they wear it? Man City fans have the right to heckle and scream obscenities during a moment of silence commemorating the Munich Air Disaster. The majority don't because the majority have been brought up to know better, but there is no law that forces them to do so. Society expects certain sacrifices from us mate. They do not force us as a community to pay respects tot he fallen but they still expect us to show that respect out of common respect and human decency. Anything short of that is up for scrutiny, ridicule and criticism. @Red Ranter: Respect the individual but organizations do not get away with that. United as an organization must agree to wear the poppy. If certain individuals within the organization feel like not wearing it, I totally agree, they have that right although I must seriously ask the question, why wouldn’t they wear it? Man City fans have the right to heckle and scream obscenities during a moment of silence commemorating the Munich Air Disaster. The majority don’t because the majority have been brought up to know better, but there is no law that forces them to do so. Society expects certain sacrifices from us mate. They do not force us as a community to pay respects tot he fallen but they still expect us to show that respect out of common respect and human decency. Anything short of that is up for scrutiny, ridicule and criticism.

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