Yah well, we all know what he was doing to them. It's everywhere, all the time. Have you heard about the other holocausts? Armenian, ukrainian?
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Do you wear a poppy?
by dozy 20 Replies latest jw friends
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Charlie Cheddar
I'd wear one.
Nobody with a sound, rational mind likes war. Generally it means death & suffering for the masses, and in many cases it is for the purpose of satisfaction and selfish gain for power obsessed leaders.
However, like Outlaw has mentioned, if someone like Hitler was to rise again, we'd have no choice but to fight and spill blood in the name of defending ourselves and keeping our freedom and liberty.
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Heaven
Yes I do. Every year.
To me, a poppy is a symbol of those who gave their life so I could live free. I respect this immensely. I do not take my freedom for granted or lightly. I never joined the JWs because I wanted to live free.
So I show my respect for these people who laid their lives down for all of us, including the JWs who also enjoy this benefit but refuse to acknowledge it.
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Heaven
In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)Canadian Army
In Flanders Fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.
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jambon1
This is my story
This is my song
It's a long way from Gorgie
To the fields o' the Somme
Where they played tunes of glory
As we marched along
The pals o' the Sporting Battalion
From the Heart of Midlothian
To the Waverly train
The crowds they were singing
An auld Scots refrain
Our sweethearts and darlings
Our bonnie wee bairns
Were waving their flags
And calling our names
Sing Hearts of Glory
Dawn and sunset
Hearts of glory
Lest we forget
Young Scottish soldiers
And soldiers unknown
Who gave hearts of glory
In the trenches of Picardy
The whistles are blown
And it's over the top lads
Through the wire and the bombs
To pain and destruction
Let the piper play
To lead us to hell
To death and dismay
There was never a moment
I was not afraid
But there by my side
Were the gallant McCrae's
Until they fell in the slaughter
When the bayonets were out
Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com
And the few of us left
Held the auld Scots Redoubt
Ellis and Currie
Briggs, Boyd, Hazeldean
Wattie and Nisbet
He was only sixteen
Their names I'll remember
At the end of each day
They fought and died
Wi' Geordie McCrae
Who cared for the Kaiser
Or Imperial gains
Love of our country
Duty or fame?
Between the whim of an airman
And four feathers of shame
We fought for the pals
Of a wee fitba team
And when it was over
Just what had we done?
There were no flags of glory
For McCrae and his own
There were no graves for heroes
For our brothers and sons
Who sleep 'neath the flowers
In the fields of the Somme
Some came back as cripples
Some couldnae kick a ball
Some wounded and broken
Most came not at all
But they remain in my memory
Forever young
The pals o' the Sporting Battalion -
parakeet
When I was a young child (before the dub trauma), everyone in our school would sell 10-cent artificial poppies to our neighbors in May just before Memorial Day. The proceeds would go to veterans' organizations. I don't see the custom in my state anymore. Has poppy-wearing gone out of style in the U.S.?
Satanus: Have you heard about the other holocausts? Armenian, ukrainian?
I never knew about the Ukrainian holocaust (est. 20,000,000 killed by Stalin) until I learned it in a college history class. And my family is Ukrainian! Why do we never see movies about how Stalin butchered whole villages of peasants who refused to give up their land to the collectives? And the Holocaust in China, where the Japanese army slaughtered untold millions of Chinese before and during WWII. And the present-day Holocausts in Africa? Who speaks for these people?
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Sunspot
Yes, I am so grateful for all these people have done for us and how they give up so much in their life to try and make mine better. I truly mean this. For years I secretly wanted to put money in the SA kettle at the holidays, and to buy the Vet's poppies when I saw them being sold. I am also very grateful to be allowed now to proudly buy and wear them without the fear of "displeasing" the Watchtowergod.
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trueblue
I don't see the custom in my state anymore. Has poppy-wearing gone out of style in the U.S.?
I think they found a new kind of poppy
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dozy
My views are pretty much what Heaven said , but I respect the rights & views of everyone else.
I was more concerned with the ramifications from a “fader” point of view & whether it would be perceived as evidence of “apostate” views , or that a faded ex-JW was “no longer one of Jehovah’s witnesses”. Yet I have never seen it in print in the WTS publications that the WTS doesn’t allow JWs to wear poppys , so I don’t know whether it could tangibly be used as evidence. I suspect that a news headline “JW excommunicated for wearing a poppy” wouldn’t exactly be a good witness.
Oh – and a warm welcome back to Slimboyfat.
