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#43

The state of your polls, man.

Iā€™m not wearing a poppy; I have done in the past (out of gratitude for my grandparents); if people want to wear them then go ahead; if people donā€™t want to wear one then go ahead; I couldnā€™t rule out the possibility of wearing one in the future. Iā€™ve never voted Tory and never intend to do so.

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#44

cherry tangfastic off, cherry tangfastic

#45

Iā€™m in complete agreement with you buddy, other than the state of my polls bit

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#46

If there were still people alive from the last time there was conscription Iā€™d wear one. But I think theyā€™re all mostly dead now. Willing to be corrected on this.

Iā€™d also consider wearing one if people now joined the armed forces swearing only to fight in just wars and not to just do whatever theyā€™re told (including shooting their own countrymen in times of martial law). Until thatā€™s the case they can whistle.

#47

Do you know an old lady with poppies and wooden knives?

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  • Sounds absolutely terrifying - leave me out of this

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#48

Will never wear one as it represents armed forces that fought in my country and killed thousands or our citizens. Iā€™ll remember the WWI dead (my relatives on both sides of the family) in my own way.

Thatā€™s probably a common enough opinion in Ireland though!

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#49

I donā€™t know why, she has wooden knives

I think sheā€™ll die

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#50

what time is your unicorn picking you up from work, maaaaan?

#51

Apparently conscription finished in 1960. So the Korean War would be the last time conscripts were sent out to fight?

That finished in 1953. So I guess people as young as 81 could still be injured from a war they had no choice of being involved in. Iā€™m willing to give them a few quid if theyā€™re pointed out to me, I suppose.

#52

a considered, and well made point, but on the other hand

#53

16 minutes, birdy. Sheā€™s a lovely beast.

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#54

So itā€™s not just wars they are fighting in now? What else, street fights, bar brawls, that sort of shit?

#55

Youā€™ve got the guns but weā€™ve got the numbers.

#56

Youā€™ve been out in Colchester on a Friday night, surely.

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#57

Worked for Trump

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#58

are you willing/able to drill into this a bit more? level of conscription, that sort of thing. genuinely interested

#59

If James McClean is wrong then I donā€™t want to be right. (Canā€™t believe I agree with James McClean on something.)

#60

Yeah, itā€™s really annoying feeling a lot of respect the chippy prickā€™s convictions.

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#61

Iā€™ve not massively thought this through to be honest. I suppose Iā€™m discounting anyone who wasnā€™t an actual conscript via conscription or its later equivalent National Service (which as I understand it robbed people of two years of their lives up until 1960).