Important reminder.....
Important reminder.....
24 October 2006, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
Meanwhile, British troops are dying in Helmand.
It's a funny old world.
It's a funny old world.
Apart from the thought of even more soilders dying makes me sad
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24 October 2006, 01:42 PM
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Just a shame that most of the youth these days don't give a **** that our grandfathers died so they could get p1ssed on the street robbing OAP's, and stealing cars. 
It's hard to imagine what young men went through all those years ago, but watching the opening sequence to `Saving Private Ryan` makes me very thankfull I wasn't born back then.
It's hard to imagine what young men went through all those years ago, but watching the opening sequence to `Saving Private Ryan` makes me very thankfull I wasn't born back then.
24 October 2006, 02:19 PM
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Chopper, Sting's song "Children's Crusade" made the parallel in 1984. I then updated it. Glad you got the reference.
Young men, soldiers, nineteen fourteen
Marching through countries they'd never seen
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
All for a children's crusade
Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History's lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade
The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty four
Fixing in doorways, opium slaves
Poppies for young men, such bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade
Young men, soldiers, nineteen fourteen
Marching through countries they'd never seen
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
All for a children's crusade
Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History's lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade
The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty four
Fixing in doorways, opium slaves
Poppies for young men, such bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade
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24 October 2006, 04:43 PM
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For anyone interested in selling them here is the link to contact your local Royal British Legion Rep
The Royal British Legion - misc - Poppy People wanted
Anyone goes selling them near buckingham palace will be in for a turf war with me
chop
The Royal British Legion - misc - Poppy People wanted
Anyone goes selling them near buckingham palace will be in for a turf war with me
chop
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