Star Wars fans accused of ‘disrespecting’ Army by joining in parade

Billtrumpet25 · Jun 14, 2013

I debated putting this in the "Movies/TV" thread, but this seemed to have just enough potential controversy surrounding it to warrant a P&CE posting, IMO.

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/disrespectful-star-wars-fans-join-army-parade-123300602.html

Or you can see the story here: http://www.starwars-online.com/news...d-of-disrespecting-army-by-joining-in-parade/

Or here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...-disrespecting-Army-by-joining-in-parade.html

mirandashell · Jun 14, 2013

There seems to be more and more of the po-faced brigade these days.

mirandashell · Jun 14, 2013

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/po-faced

Billtrumpet25 · Jun 14, 2013

mirandashell said:
There seems to be more and more of the po-faced brigade these days.

Po-faced brigade? What's that?

ETA - Never mind. I just saw your post.

Xelebes · Jun 14, 2013

mirandashell said:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/po-faced

Huh. And here I was sitting thinking that you were calling the Star Wars fans. . . er, soft-faced.

mirandashell · Jun 14, 2013

Yeah, I posted it and then thought it would most likely need a translation.

missesdash · Jun 14, 2013

This bit:

Local Councillor Derek Marvin, one of the main organisers of the festival, insisted the march was not a full military parade and was therefore not subject to normal protocols.
He said: “This was not a military parade, that is what we have for Remembrance Day where we do keep to the protocol. ”This was a procession that was meant to recreate for the town the atmosphere of Collett Park Day, to give people who were in the town centre at that time a taster of what they would find at the park.” He added: “We have the greatest respect for all who have or who is currently serving in any of our armed services, but this day was about our local heroes, members of the police, ambulance, fire services and air ambulance, who also put themselves on the line for us.”

makes a difference for me. But had it been an actual military parade, I'd probably side with those who felt it was inappropriate.

Billtrumpet25 · Jun 14, 2013

missesdash said:
This bit:

makes a difference for me. But had it been an actual military parade, I'd probably side with those who felt it was inappropriate.

Agreed.

mirandashell · Jun 15, 2013

If it had been an official military parade, that wouldn't have happened. Especially not in Shepton Mallet. It's really not that kind of place

BradyH1861 · Jun 15, 2013

mirandashell said:
There seems to be more and more of the po-faced brigade these days.

I love that term! I'm going to use it in a sentence today. See, you learn something new every day.

As to the post topic, I agree with the others. Since it wasn't an official military parade, I don't see what the big deal is.

Star Wars fans accused of ‘disrespecting’ Army by joining in parade

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