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25-09-2017 12:16 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I always look at Sevco, and laugh at their celebrations on armed forces day....
I see this is on the agenda Tonight, is this something we should be getting involved in, or is it just me who is bemused? (No smart retorts please)"There's class, there's first class and there's Hibs class" - Eddie Turnbull
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25-09-2017 01:10 PM #3
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25-09-2017 01:21 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I had visions of a day like they have at Rangers."There's class, there's first class and there's Hibs class" - Eddie Turnbull
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25-09-2017 06:19 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Leave the jingoistic nationalistic nonsense for the huns to revel in.
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25-09-2017 06:29 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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25-09-2017 06:34 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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25-09-2017 09:05 PM #8
Can't really see anything other than the existing arrangement continuing. There is surely no appetite from the fanbase to see the club embrace Armed Forces Day by turning Easter Road into a circus like Ibrox.
Have servicemen/ex servicemen as guests of the club and observe the minutes silence on Armistice Day and keep it dignified.Last edited by Carheenlea; 25-09-2017 at 09:13 PM.
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25-09-2017 09:11 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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25-09-2017 09:44 PM #10
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As a veteran of 22 years in the Royal Navy, I'm all for it. However it has to be NOTHING LIKE THE HUNS DO. I wear my colours and support my team with pride and am proud of what I achieved within the Armed Forces and believe that the powers that be at Ibrox do it to further enhance their own agendas and not for recognition of servicemen and women.
I was on HMS Cardiff and HMS Nottingham that came into Leith around 1995 /97 respectively and I wrote to Hibs to say we were coming in and chances my luck asking for tickets for the boys onboard both times Hibs obliged and gave the ship ( I believe about 25 / 35 tickets each time ).
We watched Hibs v Rangers and Hibs V our pink neighbours and had a great day out was treated like royalty and I can tell you that the boys on the ship who went were absolutely gob smacked that a Scottish team treated them with so much respect and honour that they boys I met later on in my career still spoke fondly about looking out for the Hibs results.
I'm not exactly sure if Hibs still give so many free season tickets ( I might be wrong but sure someone who knows can rectify me ) to the soldiers up in Redford Barracks. Only reason I think this happened was because in my correspondence to Hibs trying to get freebies for the ship they mentioned they gave season tickets to them. Disclaimer I might be wrong as it was 20 odd year ago.
So to cut a long story short Hibs have as far as I am concerned always held the military in the highest of esteem and long may it continue.
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25-09-2017 09:48 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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25-09-2017 09:53 PM #12
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25-09-2017 10:01 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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25-09-2017 10:16 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think Hibs have it spot on when it comes to how we mark Armistice Day.
I think it's important that we play our part in commemorating this day in remembering those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice whilst serving this country but I wouldn't want us to become like Rangers where I feel that their Armed Forces events are very contrived and insincere.
Invite some Armed Forces personnel to the home game that falls closest to Armistice Day and mark the date with a minute's silence before kick off and I'll be happy.
Anything else that we do such as charity work etc should be done behind the scenes.
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26-09-2017 05:52 AM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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26-09-2017 05:59 AM #16
Really strange how the development of forced appreciation of the armed forces and indeed the NHS staff has developed over the last 10 years or so.
The appropriate place is on Remembrance Day at the many war memorials in our towns and villages. People are not forced to enter these professions so why treat them differently to everyone else? They are not more worthy than you or I.
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26-09-2017 06:00 AM #17
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26-09-2017 06:16 AM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We all choose to give to certain causes and not to others as individuals and part of an organisation. How do we differentiate? We just do.Every gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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26-09-2017 06:17 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Correct.
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26-09-2017 06:27 AM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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26-09-2017 06:38 AM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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26-09-2017 10:51 AM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As for Forces recognition/appreciation, personal opinion is that this is not required in football circles. There are separate occasions for recognition to take place - i.e. Armistice Day - and it should be left at that imo.
Wars and conflicts that involve our armed forces are not started by football clubs. They are the product of government decisions and "celebrating" them is, in a way, condoning or agreeing that these decisions are in some way justified. I'll leave that thought with you all to ponder.
If those of you on here are happy to go along with the charade, fair enough, but bringing football into it is just not necessary.
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26-09-2017 11:20 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The wars and conflicts aren’t being ‘celebrated’ or anything else.
it is a recognition of those men and women who have laid their lives on the line. No one is forcing you to take part.Last edited by McD; 26-09-2017 at 12:26 PM.
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26-09-2017 11:41 AM #24
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As a public servant it grinds me that other public servants in the armed forces get such preferential treatment. If it is about the dangers they face on our behalf then why don't we invite the many trades that are far more dangerous than being in the armed forces. If it is about their service what about nurses or lollipop men or fire fighters. What about inviting the Glasgae Polis for a day at ER.
You only have to look at the way the military in America have hijacked American football to realise that the Armed Forces frequently have an agenda. Yes, Hibs are discrete about our business but I would far rather we treated armed force workers the same as other workers.
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26-09-2017 03:47 PM #25
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There seems to be some confusion in posts here about current armed forces personnel and remembering the fallen .I'm in favour of the latter but not in special treatment for the former.
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26-09-2017 07:03 PM #26
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26-09-2017 07:36 PM #28
Don't have an issue if tastefully done. The Rangers ones are akin to the Nuremberg rallies.
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26-09-2017 07:46 PM #29
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Can we end the Remembrance discussion?
Was anything else discussed?
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26-09-2017 08:49 PM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Some discussion on tickets and how it's only online. Some folk finding it very hard to get tickets. Some bits about the costs of Ticketmaster telephone calls. There are a couple of groups producing stuff- fans leaflet and hibs themed gear.
They are looking for volunteers to help commentate on games for the new audio system for visually impaired. Also need helpers to get wheelchair users into ground. Contact Frank or Tracey if you can help.
People at the meeting are told not to post stuff online so probably leave it there. Second meeting I've been to and each time I've come away really impressed at how well the club is run. All supporters are welcome and you get inside info as to what's happening.
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