[Goku]

turrhall, on 09 November 2023 - 03:27 PM, said:

Maybe if you ignore the "that wasn't conscripted" part. Happy to row it back to "that wasn't conscripted, or eligible to be conscripted" if you want to split hairs.

Was obvious what you meant. Weird that some people would purposely misunderstand it

[Johnnyspireite7]

Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil, on 09 November 2023 - 03:35 PM, said:

He inferred no such thing, it's just you and spoon twisting peoples statements as usual, no doubt crying to the mods will be your next step.He's actually one of the few people on here making any sense, Remembrance Day was originally for people to remember and honour the dead from WW2, but over the past 50 odd years, not for war wallers like you and wooden spoon who have jumped on the bandwagon and made it about yourselves (as usual).It's not about honouring every Tom, Dick n Harry whose ever put on a military uniform (eg Lancers and all that fancy dress bollux), it's about honouring the true war hero's who died for our freedom in the 1930s/40s and sadly they're no longer with us.

No it wasn't, it was for WW1 not WW2, seeing as the first one was in 1919! Conspiracy theorist in wrong again shocker!

This post has been edited by Johnnyspireite7: 09 November 2023 - 04:15 PM

[Mr Mercury]

Johnnyspireite7, on 09 November 2023 - 04:14 PM, said:

No it wasn't, it was for WW1 not WW2, seeing as the first one was in 1919! Conspiracy theorist in wrong again shocker!

It became the symbol of remembrance around 1921, symbolised by the poppy fields of Northern Europe were so many loose their lives.

[Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil]

Johnnyspireite7 said:

1699546447[/url]' post='1783046']
No it wasn't, it was for WW1 not WW2, seeing as the first one was in 1919! Conspiracy theorist in wrong again shocker!

Yep, the conspiracy theorist made a typo, my tin foil hat slipped over my eyes and I hit 2 instead of 1, and you of all people picked up on my only mistake, congratulations kid, have a coconut 🥥

[Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil]

Goku said:

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Was obvious what you meant. Weird that some people would purposely misunderstand it

I’ve noticed it’s always the same people who purposely misunderstand things around here, they call themselves soldiers and they wouldn’t have lasted 5 minutes in WW2 when the sides were even, the Falklands and the Middle East were a piece of urine compared to WW2 and yet guys like Quaker and Spoon who spent most of their military careers poncing around in fancy dress think they’re gonna get the same respect as WW2 veterans, they’re not fit to lace the boots of proper soldiers. They can’t even accept differences of opinion on the internet without threatening the opposition with a fancy dress regiment that would look more at home in the LGBT community, seriously if people are impressed with grown men, pretending to be soldiers and mincing around in daft costumes then let em get on with it.

[Johnnyspireite7]

Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil, on 09 November 2023 - 04:41 PM, said:

Yep, the conspiracy theorist made a typo, my tin foil hat slipped over my eyes and I hit 2 instead of 1, and you of all people picked up on my only mistake, congratulations kid, have a coconut 🥥

So the next sentence about 50 years was also a typo was it? Bearing in mind it's been going for over 100 years, when you get pointed out as a muppet, own it. Your only mistake is having use of a computer!

[Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil]

Johnnyspireite7 said:

1699548933[/url]' post='1783054']
So the next sentence about 50 years was also a typo was it? Bearing in mind it's been going for over 100 years, when you get pointed out as a muppet, own it. Your only mistake is having use of a computer!

The ‘50 years’ I’m referring to are the wars we’ve actually been involved in the last 50 years. The 2nd world war ended 78 years ago, either way veterans from WW1 and WW2 are nearly all dead now and when they’ve all fell off the perch, that’s when it’s time to end Remembrance Day because none of the other veterans have any right to it, it’s not theirs, they should have something else.

[Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil]

Fact is nobody holds the Falklands and Gulf in the same regard as WW2 and do people really want to be displaying poppies and holding minutes silences for these daft fancy dress regiments and such like, I don’t think so.

[Town_Fan]

Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil, on 09 November 2023 - 05:29 PM, said:

Fact is nobody holds the Falklands and Gulf in the same regard as WW2 and do people really want to be displaying poppies and holding minutes silences for these daft fancy dress regiments and such like, I don’t think so.

Some excellent quality bait here, glad to see that apart from a few nibbles everyone can see though your urine poor troll attempts.

[Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil]

Town_Fan said:

1699551288[/url]' post='1783064']
Some excellent quality bait here, glad to see that apart from a few nibbles everyone can see though your urine poor troll attempts.

Glad to see somebody else not disagreeing with me, welcome aboard son.

[Wooden Spoon]

turrhall, on 09 November 2023 - 03:17 PM, said:

Would be if that's what I'd said wouldn't it?

You realise that ALL of the BEF who fought in France and evacuated from Dunkirk were all volunteer professional soldiers.


The RAF pilots who fought in and won the Battle of Britain were all volunteer professionals (and thus stopped an invasion and allowed you the freedom of speech you enjoy today)


None of these were conscripts - ergo you have no respect for them because you “only respect those who were conscripted” Your words

This post has been edited by Wooden Spoon: 09 November 2023 - 08:07 PM

[Wooden Spoon]

Town_Fan, on 09 November 2023 - 05:34 PM, said:

Some excellent quality bait here, glad to see that apart from a few nibbles everyone can see though your urine poor troll attempts.

It looked to me like someone fishing with no worm on the hook so resorted to insults to provoke a response.


urine poor trolling

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Wooden Spoon, on 09 November 2023 - 07:33 PM, said:

You realise that ALL of the BEF who fought in France and evacuated from Dunkirk were all volunteer professional soldiers.


The RAF pilots who fought in and won the Battle of Britain were all volunteer professionals (and thus stopped an invasion and allowed you the freedom of speech you enjoy today)


None of these were conscripts - ergo you have no respect for them because you “only respect conscripts” Your words

Joining the Army has long been a means of working class lads, often from communities where life opportunities are limited, forging a worthwhile career for themselves...

[Wooden Spoon]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 09 November 2023 - 07:55 PM, said:

Joining the Army has long been a means of working class lads, often from communities where life opportunities are limited, forging a worthwhile career for themselves...

It has indeed. And everyone gets that, apart from this pair of balloons

[Bonnyman]

Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil, on 09 November 2023 - 04:41 PM, said:

Yep, the conspiracy theorist made a typo, my tin foil hat slipped over my eyes and I hit 2 instead of 1, and you of all people picked up on my only mistake, congratulations kid, have a coconut 🥥

No you didnt make a typo,you put 1930s 40s as well

[turrhall]

Wooden Spoon, on 09 November 2023 - 07:33 PM, said:

You realise that ALL of the BEF who fought in France and evacuated from Dunkirk were all volunteer professional soldiers.


The RAF pilots who fought in and won the Battle of Britain were all volunteer professionals (and thus stopped an invasion and allowed you the freedom of speech you enjoy today)


None of these were conscripts - ergo you have no respect for them because you “only respect those who were conscripted” Your words

They would have been conscripted had they not volunteered - it's a moot point. And ofc what I was really getting at was every single war Britain has been involved in since ww2.

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 09 November 2023 - 07:55 PM, said:

Joining the Army has long been a means of working class lads, often from communities where life opportunities are limited, forging a worthwhile career for themselves...

I don't consider 'shooting foreigners' to be a worthwhile career personally. Do literally anything else.

This post has been edited by turrhall: 09 November 2023 - 08:32 PM

[Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil]

Bonnyman said:

1699560370[/url]' post='1783109']
No you didnt make a typo,you put 1930s 40s as well

Yep and that’s the last period of time you’ll see a true British war hero, every single conflict we’ve been involved with since WW2 has been unnecessary bollux, the soldiers took the queens shilling to be paid assassins, I refuse to honour these people, your point being?

[Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil]

The Earl of Chesterfield said:

1699559736[/url]' post='1783104']
Joining the Army has long been a means of working class lads, often from communities where life opportunities are limited, forging a worthwhile career for themselves...

A worthwhile career is it?

Tell me how many of these lads were killed during your pal Blair’s tenure as PM?

You think their parents thought their kids took up a worthwhile career?

Come on EOC, we don’t want you sitting on the fence on this one 😉

[Wooden Spoon]

turrhall, on 09 November 2023 - 08:29 PM, said:

They would have been conscripted had they not volunteered - it's a moot point. And ofc what I was really getting at was every single war Britain has been involved in since ww2.



I don't consider 'shooting foreigners' to be a worthwhile career personally. Do literally anything else.

Are you seriously trying to suggest the RAF pilots in 1939/40 would have been conscripted anyway? Despite the amount of training involved and the time it takes?


1914. BEF fought delaying action at Mons volunteer professional soldiers. Delayed the German advance by days, then a fighting retreat over a couple of weeks which allowed time for the French to reinforce at the Marne and defeat the schlifen plan.

The army then recruited volunteers - the pals battalions- famously massacred at the Somme in 1916. Volunteers all of them. But you disrespect them because they weren’t conscripted.


Shooting foreigners as a career? Jesus is that your line? Seriuosly?


How about UN peace keeping in the balkans? Trying to stop war, trying to stop genocide, ensuring aid got through etc?


Your a disgrace


Jesus Christ. Your grasp of the military is worse than the security guard.

This post has been edited by Wooden Spoon: 09 November 2023 - 08:53 PM

[Manfred Archie Mac Gerbil]

Ok here’s a bit of trivia for the resident Bobs Board War Wallers:

Question: Name 1 British war hero since 1945.

Answer: Ya can’t cos there ain’t none.