With the slight caveat that this is not specifically for promoting conflicts, be those old or contemporary - remember this is primarily a gesture of Remembrance and has a 90yr old tradition; It is debatable if it is a 'political' message.
Secondly I wouldn't class Afghanistan as 'an imperialist invasion', whereas Iraq definitely was; even though from a UK perspective this is now a matter of history.
The Poppy serves not as a remembrance of war but of those that gave their lives.
Which is why I support FIFA's statement that 'the same regulations are applied globally, and uniformly, in the event of similar requests by other nations to commemorate historical events.'
Or so it should be.
Wow agreeing with FIFA and 2012! :) - I must go for a lie down.
Well at least the makers of the prototype air-con stadium have given me a sense of Schadenfreude for which to blow raspberries at FIFA.
I kinda agree with you 2012.
With the slight caveat that this is not specifically for promoting conflicts, be those old or contemporary - remember this is primarily a gesture of Remembrance and has a 90yr old tradition; It is debatable if it is a 'political' message.
Secondly I wouldn't class Afghanistan as 'an imperialist invasion', whereas Iraq definitely was; even though from a UK perspective this is now a matter of history.
The Poppy serves not as a remembrance of war but of those that gave their lives.
Which is why I support FIFA's statement that 'the same regulations are applied globally, and uniformly, in the event of similar requests by other nations to commemorate historical events.'
Or so it should be.
Wow agreeing with FIFA and 2012! :) - I must go for a lie down.
Well at least the makers of the prototype air-con stadium have given me a sense of Schadenfreude for which to blow raspberries at FIFA.
:)