Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 7:55 pm
tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 7:49 pm
Why should the picture be taken down ?
Nigel Travis believes in a question culture .
You have the right to question everything within the club .
It allows Nigel Kent & all others at the club to see that a section of fans may
Not be happy with the club supporting veterans .
Hospital charities mental health etc all fine & good & applause rightly given .
Soldiers are not what everyone would want sponsorship money to go to .
If the club wont tolerate racism & bigotry , why wont they allow the view
That many Irish people in waltham forest who grew up supoorting
The O's may find this sponsorship highly Offensive .
Or do the Irish Not matter ?
Are they not Important enough to be worried about ?
Joe Elwood
Catholic From Belfast ex Player
Tony "Paddy" Grealish Irish International
David Mooney Irish
Should i name some more ?
Good post.
Cheers Wum .
Im Catholic Irish born in Belfast ,
I was going to let it slide but the bigoted posts about James McClean &
The usual suspects being triggered meant i couldnt let it go.without airing an opinion
Let me state i have nothing against honest soldiers .
They are brave if not slightly mad for wanting to be involved with what
Armies do . It is what armies are used for & by those who use them & against who they are used
That my problem comes from
There are cases ongoing against soldiers who would be in there 70s now involved in the
murder of innocent Irish people as well as some who were not so innocent .
I have people in my family who have been killed by British soldiers
I have friends who have family members who have been killed by soldiers .
I also have freinds who were killed by nationalist & unionist paramilitaries .
None of them would be welcomed in my house !
I really am considering whether i want to support a club that talks of standing upto bigotry
But then does this with sponsorship .
Soldiers & Wars lead to innocent people & Guilty people dying before they should .
I think the club will benefit short term from this .
I'm not so sure what it will do long term .
If it was given to keep World war 1 soldiers i wouldnt have a problem as per the clubs History .
But unfortunately all of those have now passed on .