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Originally Posted by ShellShock
Just had this email from B&N (NOOK UK): "In honour of Rememberance [sic] Week, NOOK brings you the best new Military History books in tribute to the men and women of our Armed Forces, past and present." The email links to a collection of war and armed services books on the Nook web site.
Does anyone else find this commercial exploitation of the sacrifice of many men and women in poor taste? There is no indication that B&N will be donating any of the profits of this promotion to the appropriate charities. Is this all that remembrance means to B&N? Another chance to flog some product? In what sense is this "honouring" Remembrance Week?
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War itself is in pretty poor taste and some people make a nice packet out of it. Flogging some books to the public while waxing about the dear heroic men and women who are kindly obliged to go and have themselves blasted to smithereens therefore seems to be entirely apt.
I don't know what's the matter with this poppy hysteria in the UK. It didn't seem to be nearly as strong e.g. twenty years ago.