| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they 16:31 - Nov 2 with 2255 views | Keno |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:36 - Nov 2 with 1954 views | GlasgowBlue |
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The first reply sums up those lovely Celts.
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:39 - Nov 2 with 1921 views | DJR |
There was an interesting article in the Guardian about James McClean the other week.
https://www.theguardian.com/fo |  | | |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they (n/t) on 16:48 - Nov 2 with 1820 views | Sharkey |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:39 - Nov 2 by DJR |
There was an interesting article in the Guardian about James McClean the other week.
https://www.theguardian.com/fo |
I wonder if there will be a follow-up article. [Post edited 2 Nov 16:50]
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:50 - Nov 2 with 1795 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:39 - Nov 2 by DJR |
There was an interesting article in the Guardian about James McClean the other week.
https://www.theguardian.com/fo |
I notice that Palacios didn't have a problem wearing a poppy on his shirt on Saturday. | |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they (n/t) on 16:53 - Nov 2 with 1770 views | DJR |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they (n/t) on 16:48 - Nov 2 by Sharkey |
I wonder if there will be a follow-up article. [Post edited 2 Nov 16:50]
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Probably not. The article coincided with a book McClean had out. | | | |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they (n/t) on 16:57 - Nov 2 with 1714 views | WD19 |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they (n/t) on 16:53 - Nov 2 by DJR |
Probably not. The article coincided with a book McClean had out. |
Did he colour in the pictures himself? |  | | |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 17:00 - Nov 2 with 1697 views | DJR |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:50 - Nov 2 by GlasgowBlue |
I notice that Palacios didn't have a problem wearing a poppy on his shirt on Saturday. |
I always wear a poppy but I don't think I would if I had grown up where McClean did.
This from the article.
"He comes from Creggan, the estate affected most on Bloody Sunday in 1972 when 14 unarmed civilians were killed by the British army in Derry. Six of the fatalities were from Creggan. In 2010, after the Saville report finally concluded that all the victims posed no threat, the British prime minister David Cameron apologised for the “unjustified and unjustifiable” massacre."
And surely we fought wars for the sort of freedom that allows people to make their own choice? | | | |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they (n/t) on 17:04 - Nov 2 with 1657 views | DJR |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they (n/t) on 16:57 - Nov 2 by WD19 |
Did he colour in the pictures himself? |
I don't know. You'll have to buy the book.  | | | |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 17:19 - Nov 2 with 1551 views | MattinLondon |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:39 - Nov 2 by DJR |
There was an interesting article in the Guardian about James McClean the other week.
https://www.theguardian.com/fo |
Thanks for sharing that link - as you say it’s quite an interesting article.
I do think that he comes across well - he acknowledges that he’s made mistakes in the past whilst clearly explaining why he does not wear a poppy. |  | | |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 18:07 - Nov 2 with 1339 views | Plums |
Is nobody asking why on earth there are remembrance day events happening in October?
Whatever happened to a dignified and respectful commemoration on Armistice Sunday and 11/11?
Instead we've got some sort of poppy carnival going in for weeks and losing all meaning. There was some woman on FB who paints poppies on clingfilm on bus stops.
It's clearly what they gave their tomorrows for. |  |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 18:14 - Nov 2 with 1308 views | BlueBadger |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:39 - Nov 2 by DJR |
There was an interesting article in the Guardian about James McClean the other week.
https://www.theguardian.com/fo |
I swear, Mclean talking about why he doesn't wear a poppy is almost as much of a Remembrance tradition as parades and laying wreaths at this point. |  |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 18:59 - Nov 2 with 1094 views | jasondozzell |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 18:07 - Nov 2 by Plums |
Is nobody asking why on earth there are remembrance day events happening in October?
Whatever happened to a dignified and respectful commemoration on Armistice Sunday and 11/11?
Instead we've got some sort of poppy carnival going in for weeks and losing all meaning. There was some woman on FB who paints poppies on clingfilm on bus stops.
It's clearly what they gave their tomorrows for. |
Spot on.
It's crass in the extreme. When I was growing up, remembrance was a sombre and dignified affair. You bought a poppy in the week of the 11th and held the silence.
Now it resembles Disneyland and is being confused for identity rather than marking sacrifice.
And I can understand Celtic and some Celtic fans objecting to it all. The British army occupied Ireland and did terrible things. Black and tans etc. [Post edited 2 Nov 21:26]
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:05 - Nov 2 with 1062 views | DJR |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 18:07 - Nov 2 by Plums |
Is nobody asking why on earth there are remembrance day events happening in October?
Whatever happened to a dignified and respectful commemoration on Armistice Sunday and 11/11?
Instead we've got some sort of poppy carnival going in for weeks and losing all meaning. There was some woman on FB who paints poppies on clingfilm on bus stops.
It's clearly what they gave their tomorrows for. |
Even 11/11 (the recognition of Armistice Day) is a recent reinvention of an event that, following WW2, was replaced by Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday in November) so as to remember the casualties of both wars.
And it was John Snow who coined the phrase poppy fascism.
https://www.independent.co.uk/ [Post edited 2 Nov 19:33]
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:12 - Nov 2 with 1004 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 18:07 - Nov 2 by Plums |
Is nobody asking why on earth there are remembrance day events happening in October?
Whatever happened to a dignified and respectful commemoration on Armistice Sunday and 11/11?
Instead we've got some sort of poppy carnival going in for weeks and losing all meaning. There was some woman on FB who paints poppies on clingfilm on bus stops.
It's clearly what they gave their tomorrows for. |
Each club will want to commemorate on home soil involving local military units and veterans' organizations,
As there are only two league games before November 11 then the two weekends set aside are this weekend and the weekend of 8 November. | |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:19 - Nov 2 with 986 views | skinnybob72 |
Clubs pay their respects at their closest home game to Remembrance Sunday. — unless you are playing Celtic - because their fans won’t respect the minute silence.
While they have every right to boycott such a tribute they could stay outside the ground, beneath the stand or simply take up no tickets for the game. But they don’t, because they have no decency whatsoever. They would rather boo through the minute. |  | | |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:38 - Nov 2 with 882 views | baxterbasics |
I'm in two minds about it really.
Yes people should be able to decide if they honour it or not. With the expectation they should at least be respectful of those that do.
Also I agree it's best kept as Remembrance Sunday, rather than Remembrance all-of-November and some of October too.
However, this doesn't change the fact that Celtic fans include a large number of degenerate, illiterate, Anglophobic, terrorist sympathisers.
(I also noticed Palacios seemed to have no issue which was nice to see).
We have this discussion every year though don't we? |  |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:44 - Nov 2 with 866 views | DJR |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:38 - Nov 2 by baxterbasics |
I'm in two minds about it really.
Yes people should be able to decide if they honour it or not. With the expectation they should at least be respectful of those that do.
Also I agree it's best kept as Remembrance Sunday, rather than Remembrance all-of-November and some of October too.
However, this doesn't change the fact that Celtic fans include a large number of degenerate, illiterate, Anglophobic, terrorist sympathisers.
(I also noticed Palacios seemed to have no issue which was nice to see).
We have this discussion every year though don't we? |
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them*.
*those discussions. | | | |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:49 - Nov 2 with 835 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 16:39 - Nov 2 by DJR |
There was an interesting article in the Guardian about James McClean the other week.
https://www.theguardian.com/fo |
Very interesting thanks. I respect his choice and understand it (maybe?) and think that some of the vitriol aimed his way has been disgusting. It’s not a good look to force someone into performative public displays of ‘patriotism’ (or whatever the heck a supposedly solemn period of reflection has turned into).
““Brexit made the idiots louder” and “the poppy season seemed to be getting longer every year”.”
Quite.
At the same time, he’s an intense bloke with a fiery side and some views that scare the crap out of me. His pro-IRA views are obviously problematic (from our perspective). |  |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:59 - Nov 2 with 767 views | Wolfshead |
Agreed. SOME of them are absolute scum... but equally I do know some who are salt of the earth. | |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 20:01 - Nov 2 with 751 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:38 - Nov 2 by baxterbasics |
I'm in two minds about it really.
Yes people should be able to decide if they honour it or not. With the expectation they should at least be respectful of those that do.
Also I agree it's best kept as Remembrance Sunday, rather than Remembrance all-of-November and some of October too.
However, this doesn't change the fact that Celtic fans include a large number of degenerate, illiterate, Anglophobic, terrorist sympathisers.
(I also noticed Palacios seemed to have no issue which was nice to see).
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I agree with his right to choose, especially when it’s not straightforward in a case like this; he’s got no problem remembering the fallen from his side, he just doesn’t see see us as being part of his side because of the Troubles. I’m not so much in two minds as recognise where he’s coming from even if it’s alien and uncomfortable to me, but I totally understand where you’re coming from too.
What a fkn mess! I despise sectarianism in football. There are some unionist flags that make regular appearances at Swansea games; I don’t understand the need. | |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 21:08 - Nov 2 with 497 views | Sharkey |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 18:07 - Nov 2 by Plums |
Is nobody asking why on earth there are remembrance day events happening in October?
Whatever happened to a dignified and respectful commemoration on Armistice Sunday and 11/11?
Instead we've got some sort of poppy carnival going in for weeks and losing all meaning. There was some woman on FB who paints poppies on clingfilm on bus stops.
It's clearly what they gave their tomorrows for. |
I feel sorry for people who don't like football. I mean they can go along to the actual war memorial in their town or village on Remembrance Day, but it's hardly the same. Football fans, if they're lucky with the fixtures, can have three or even four goes at being quiet for a minute. | | | |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 21:09 - Nov 2 with 496 views | BlueBadger |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 19:31 - Nov 2 by DJR |
Maybe this year is the time for him to wear one of these.
https://www.poppyshop.org.uk/p
What could possibly go wrong? [Post edited 2 Nov 19:38]
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There's a whole lot of turds/obvious bots very upset about this. As if they'd never heard of Alan Turing, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves or Rupert Brooke.
Why don't the 'patriot' crowd ever bother to learn their history? [Post edited 2 Nov 21:09]
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 21:15 - Nov 2 with 458 views | Guthrum |
Remembrance Day and the Poppy Appeal were originally set up to commemorate the dead, not the excercise in performative patriotism it has become in some quarters (not least sections of the press). Nor glorifying militarism, quite the opposite.
The Irish situation (and therefore that of Celtic) is not straightforward. Many see it as sybolising British imperialism. But, on the other hand, tens of thousands of young Irishmen were killed in World War I - all volunteers, conscription was never enacted in Ireland. Catholics from the south as well as Protestants from Ulster. |  |
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| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 21:23 - Nov 2 with 414 views | Whos_blue |
| Celtic really are quite a bunch arent they on 21:09 - Nov 2 by BlueBadger |
There's a whole lot of turds/obvious bots very upset about this. As if they'd never heard of Alan Turing, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves or Rupert Brooke.
Why don't the 'patriot' crowd ever bother to learn their history? [Post edited 2 Nov 21:09]
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It's weird isn't it?
Some here can't stop wanging on about some undetermined point in history that we should return to and restore this country to it's long gone greatness. |  |
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