Edinburgh’s War Memorial set on fire by vandals

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  1. > Money raised from selling poppies helps support vulnerable ex-servicemen and women – and their families.

    Feels like a bit of a minefield having a discussion about this, but is it right that ex-service personell and their families have to lean on charities for support, rather than the state/military?

  2. Not sure it makes it much better, but one would hope it was just a senseless act by some drunk idiots who now have sobered up and feel deep shame and remorse rather than an actual targeted attack on a war memorial on Remembrance Sunday.

  3. Just once I would love to read the headline, “Rioters Feed Homeless in Defiance of Climate Change” or “Protesters Adopt Underfed Strays” instead of destroying something. Then I might get behind their cause.

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