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Poppy smilie
I found a Poppy smilie ... would this be a good addition to the MLU smilies/emoticons?
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Definitely!!!!
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed. - M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE |
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Thank you Geoff, for adding this to the smilies. Perfectly fitting for MLU
Karmen |
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Well done, Karmen!!! I like it. Thanks too, Geoff. regards Darrell |
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As long as we have men & women under arms and under fire, I wear my poppy. Should MLU be anything different?
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Why do they have to be "under arms and under fire"?
Not a rant or a complaint, just a question. They took the shilling, they take the risk of being deployed, shot at, or put in otherwise less than tidy circumstances. They are willing to stand between us and the "them" of the moment. We recognize them for what they do and are willing to do.
A fair number of MLU'ers were in; some I'd wager under less than tidy circumstances. I was in between 1975 and 1977, did not get shot at, and was generally bored to tears (except the night one of my less than stellar types came at me with a broken beer bottle). I was in because I was brought up that way, because every generation of my family back to 1638 (and probably back farther in the Warwickshire militia and fyrds) saw service as their responsibility. My father got shot at in Italy, but he also kept a surfboard on Waikiki Beach in the 1930's while on duty in Hawaii. My Ontario great-great-grandfather crossed from Bridgewater to Buffalo to enlist in the Union Army in 1861. In 1865, he returned home to his "regular" job as the caretaker of the Drummond Hill cemetery at Lundy's Lane. Bless 'em all. Thanks again to Jon Skagfeld for sending me two of your Canadian poppies awhile back. Bob |
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Re: Why do they have to be "under arms and under fire"?
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I remember in grade school especially we all recited In Flanders Fields and did the two minutes of silence, standing, girls in their tunics and white blouses, with our heads bowed to remember the Fallen Soldiers. We all wore poppies, made poppies ... Karmen |
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white poppies
Hello all
there has been talk over here about the poppy should now be white for peace personaly i think it stupid and misses the point,any comments on this white poppy . vic uk.
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Re: white poppies
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Hi Victor, Here is an article below that talks about this problem ... Karmen Quote:
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poppies
HELLO VETS
Imust say so far i have not seen a single white poppy over here We are taking two trucks to a small town called saffron walden in essex to help the royal british legion this saturday ill be very suprised if there is a sighting of a white poppy they dont seem to be able anything alone these days . regards vic uk.
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I'm mostly disturbed knowing that these people are promoting and trying to capitolize their Peace ideals via violating the symbolism and ceremonies of people paying their respects to our Fallen Soldiers. They're violatinmg our Fallen, period and they don't understand that at all. I'm okay with promoting Peace, I'm not okay with violating the sacredness of what the Poppy and Remembrance Day are all about, and WHO they are for ... our Fallen. The Poppy and Remembrance Day, to me, is the funeral service strictly for the dead. Go do your Peace promotion with another symbol of your own, independently, and don't violate our Fallen to promote it. It's out of line. Out of context. Those are some of my own thoughts about this. I've been invited to go to the local ceremonies to the Cenotaph tomorrow morning, with a neighbor, rather than alone. It will be so nice to go with someone I know personally who cares like I do. I hope I don't see any white poppies to disturb the focus on our Fallen Karmen |
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poppies
HI vets
Im pleased to say there were no white poppys around where we were today the town has a square it was market day so only military vehicles were alowed in i spent most of the time using my M5 generator making cups of tea it was a cold wind that was blowing but dry regards vic uk.
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Peace is free???
Peace is free, he asks again? So, on just what planet does the jack-ass who said this reside? Sounds like somebody needs to take a long walk through the cemeteries in Flanders, Tuscany, Hong Kong, or any of the far too many places far too many fighting men heard the Last Post.
I'd be really curious to see where this money from white poppies goes. Wonder if the international anti-gun tycoon George Soros (think that's right) is in the mix. Yesterday our campus minister (I teach in an all-girls Catholic high school) started our day with a Veteran's Day homily. She got it right and I told her so afterwards. I am so brassed off at our media for conflating Memorial Day and Veterans Day, then following their "news" piece with a commercial for a Veterans Day sale at Sears, Penneys, or wherever. I guess y'all in the Snowy North get the same thing only for the Bay stores . . . My grandmother always called it Armistice Day, so I learned about it early. Ok, I'll go off somewhere quite to fume a little. Bob |
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Well, obliviousness about things like this, Remembrance Day etc, sucks when it's inflicted and poured all over the focus of events and ceremonies, and grieving and remembering, Remembrance and Vets and their families. How disrespectful that is. A potential cure for obliviousness is to educate educate educate and hope the lightbulbs start coming on in some for future.
I'm totally glad to report that I didn't see a single white poppy at todays events ... I would have said something to the wearers about how out of line and context they are, especially at the events and ceremonies. They didn't invade "today" and "here" that I'm aware of. Fuming is good and heartfelt ... its just so damned sad that's inflicted and triggered for us at this time that we are forced to focus any attention at all on this. Very intrusive and I resent it that I feel the fuming within. I needed a little ventitaling about this too Karmen |
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For Better Or Worse
The local newspaper does not do much any more that gets my attention, but this past Sunday I was reminded that the comic section always merits a look. One of my favorites is a Canadian import called, "For Better or Worse." The artist, Lynn Johnston I think, must be Canadian or live in Canada. I always appreciate her Remembrance Day cartoons because she gets the history, the emotion, and the perspective right. I think she draws her life. If so, her father was a WWII vet, and for reasons I cannot now recall, I think he was D-Day Dodger.
Anyway, I hope you Canadians appreciate this as much as I do. Bob |
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