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Originally Posted by martymc1
Yeah well you can easily show me pics of just 5 people working live telly without them then.
It has become the norm for TV presenters to wear poppies because the whole industry is risk averse as hell. This is no good thing, of course, but it is no more nefarious than TV execs simply not wanting to cause offense. For the rest of us
though, there is basically no societal pressure "forcing" us to wear a poppy.
As for James McClean, lots of football fans are total ****ing morons and will abuse players for anything, regardless of whether or not they actually care about the issue or not. Stoke fans boo Aaron Ramsey for having had the temerity to get his leg broken by their brave captain. I imagine the McClean story has been blown out of proportion because of the lol Northern Ireland connection and its refusal to join the rest of Western Europe in the 21st century.
Last edited by BertieWooster; 11-02-2016 at 11:25 AM.