Poppys not being sold in certain areas of england this year

[crazybabylady]

I hope i'm not the only one but in england this year poppy's are not being sold in certain areas of england as to not affend any minorities. this greatly upsets me as i feel like this is like spitting in the faces of those who died defending the freedom this country is so proud of. it makes me feel sick to my stomach that there are people living in this country that wish to disrespect this country so. my great uncle wilf (god rest his soul) and my grand father were both in the army and my brother is training to fight for our rights so i feel as this subject is close to my heart. does anyone else english or not feel offended by this?

 

[tina_h75]

I am totally offended by even the suggestion of this, really does make my blood boil. However, I think that because of the uproar caused, they have now decided that the poppies can be sold.

 

[crazybabylady]

i hope so considering what happened last year i don't even anyone who would feel offened should be given a thought, not that they should in any case in all fairness!

 

[xolily]

is it even true? we hear stories like this all the time.. "not allowed to wear our england shirts because it might offend muslims" in the end you hear it's a load of bollocks, a load of bollocks that has yet again stirred up more hatred toward minorities! if half of this stuff is true, it'd be thought up by some little muppet sat in a government office.

 

[crazybabylady]

at the end of the day there are minorities that do get offened by this, i remember in school i had a muslim boy spit in my face and tell me (in his strong Pakistan accent) to get out of his country. But i also have many friends who are either asian or black (i'm unsure if that is the correct term to be used) so i myself is not a racaist but there are people out there who do kick up a fuss about this. I'd like to point out those disgusting little boys from last year who burned the poppies.

 

[Lydiarose]

Its BS in my oppinion no one of "ethnic minority" i know would ever dream of saying anything like that . . . its probably the sun or the daily fail just trying to turn a few more people anti muslim

 

[Lydiarose]

what about all the disgusting white people who spit in the face of anyone of colour,what about all the muslim people who are shouted terroist and go back to your own country and worse every single day . . . can i just remind people alot of coloured people work incredibly hard and love this country just the way it is . . . but yet there shouted "go home!!!" at repetedly everyday when they and there ansesters were BORN here? not only that but people forget there countrys are being bombed and ripped the shreds.


Sorry just felt i should add my own opinion on this

 

[xolily]

couldn't agree more Lydia

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

I think its actually true

Outrageous!

 

[xolily]

so who's idea was it? i wonder!

 

[crazybabylady]

tbh there are white and coloured people both doing this. My sister once got beaten up by a group of coloured men when my dad tried to report as a racial attack, as they were calling her cracker and other white racial slurs, the officer and others threatened to arrest my father as is was racaist to surgest such a thing as racisicism only happened one way. I never hear anyone complaining on the colour on white racist attacks that also happen

 

[tina_h75]

I dunno - you get bad ones from all cultures and races. I have grown up and lived in Birmingham all my life and there is a broad spectrum of race and religion here. It was probably no more then 10 years ago that my brother got attacked by a group of asians when walking home because he was a white bloke on 'their territory' but I am not saying that because of that incident, all asians are racist just like I would not say that all muslims are fanatics. Basically, you can't tar one group of people with the same brush because you get nutters in all shapes sizes and colours. I have lots of friends from different cultures and backgrounds, all of which are decent people but thats not to say that because my friends are fine and normal then they all must be.

 

[xolily]

FYI

"
Minorities are not upset about Poppies being sold.

Posted on September 16, 2011


There is a new rumour spreading like wildfire on Facebook, and it goes something like this.


I’ve just heard some really shocking news. The Royal British Legion are not selling poppies in certain areas on Nov 11 this year. This is because some minorities say that it will upset them. I say F – O**. The poppy is a symbol of reverence for our fallen heroes of all the wars the BRITISH military have fought in. BRITAIN STAND UP AND SAY ‘WE WANT THE POPPY SOLD EVERY WERE IN THE UK’. THIS IS OUR RIGHT TO REVERE OUR FALLEN!!!.

Obviously this isn’t in the slightest bit true. There indeed was a problem with The Royal British Legion selling Poppies in Birmingham this was because they didn’t get permission from the local council in time and had nothing to do with “minorities” being offended. However this decision has now been reversed, as the more organised Shelter and The Anthony Nolan Trust have kindly allowed The Royal British Legion to the collect in their place.


“We have withdrawn the licence to fundraise in Birmingham on 12 November and have asked Birmingham City Council to allocate this date to the Royal British Legion,” a Anthony Nolan Trust spokesman said.

There are no other proper new items about The Royal British Legion not been able to sell Poppies anywhere else, and there are definately no stories about ”minorities” being offended by the sale of them. Why would they be offended? Just like the England shirts are not going to be banned from pubs story, someone has taken something they’ve read in the paper and posted on Facebook how it’s all the fault of the foreigns and minorities, and then other people then repost it without checking facts, and soon thousands of people across the country believe this hateful rumour.

Update : The British Legion’s Twitter account confirms this is false.
"

 

[xolily]

it's just more bullshit thought up by some idiot to incite racial hatred, no more, no less!

 

[Lydiarose]

what a suprise!

 

[xolily]

it was the same with the football shirt thing.

"In fact, we cannot help but notice a stunning resemblance this hoax has to another popular rumour in the run up to the 2010 World Cup, which claimed England shirts were to be banned from pubs for risk of ... offending minorities. Notice the similarity? That story was completely false, just like this one.

This message, just like several others, takes a legitimate news story and distorts it to create racial propoganda designed to cause hated for minorities. When you consider that the British Armed Forces actually contains many brave men and women from the ethnic minorities allegedly "offended" by poppy selling, the motives of this sick message become clear.
This is racist propoganda and completely untrue and we strongly recommend not spreading any of these rumours which aim to isolate and cause hatred towards ethnic minorities."

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

There is no need to get defensive, I dont see any posts about anyone being racist?! I dont personally care what race or religion Tom, Dick or Harry is!

I also said "probably" true. Not "definitely" true.

 

[xolily]

i didn't say anyone here was racist, nor did i say anything about what you said =/ ?

 

[Lydiarose]

im confused?

 

[xolily]

me too!