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Do you wear a poppy or choose not to?

Why?
I do. It's a sign of remembrance and respect.
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
@lauriethecolourful fair enough
helensusanswift · 26-30, F
Always wear a poppy. I believe the money goes to those men and women who have been injured fighting for us. The original idea came after the First World War when 150,000 Scots died - a terrible total from a nation of only five million people. And that is not to mention the wounded. It was a private gesture from Lady Haig and nothing to do with the government while making poppies gave work to many men injured in the 1914-18 conflict. If we had lost that. . !
CheshireCatalyst · 36-40, M
I wear one if I happen to come across someone selling them.

...I do tend to think only of those who died fighting Nazis though, not those who are fighting for pay or because they want to kill brown people.
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
@CheshireCatalyst Unfortunately the poppy is to represent modern wars too.
CheshireCatalyst · 36-40, M
@thatscottishguy I know and it makes it distasteful to me, but I compare it to some of the sexual harassment arguments I've seen recently:

Men are harassing women - *but some women harass men too!!*

Yes, fine, but this doesn't change the original point.

Modern conflicts are awful resource grabs, human rights abuses, proxy wars... But they don't change the sacrifices people made in the second world war, and that we should always remember.
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
I agree with remembering sacrifices but I would rather do it in my own way and not with a political tool.
Theriverdreams · 18-21, F
To remember people who died fighting for england scotland wales and n ireland I wear it cause they died for us so why should we forget their sacrifice
Theriverdreams · 18-21, F
And we are not them if we dwell on what our ancestors did then how will we move forward? remember those who died to give us the rights we have they died for a cause right or wrong they did what they thought was right at the time we learn and grow from it. I bet what you hold against britain you were not even alive for
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
Ummm Iraq and Afganistan? To name two I was. Also I do not think wearing the poppy means anything. To respect what people sacrificed we should try to stop it from happening again instead of buying a political tool.
Theriverdreams · 18-21, F
@thatscottishguy thats your choice i guess and i agree but it seems we just fightvits human nature
BondGirl84 · 36-40, F
i choose not too - have my own personal reason for not wearing it
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
Fair enough
MartinII · 70-79, M
Yes, to honour and remember the dead - guessing your angle, including Scottish, Irish, American, Indian, South African, etc etc.
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
@MartinII Fair enough.
angie8819 · 56-60, F
We don't have them here
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
@angie8819 What about the Easter Lily then?
angie8819 · 56-60, F
@thatscottishguy yeah we have them
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thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
@Shaun Why would you think it's people from other cultures? To me it's a political symbol that is only for remembering one side. I don't wear one and I'm very much Scottish.
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thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
It does have a Britain First ring to it.

 
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