13-11-2017, 13:53
" the poppy is to remember those who have fallen in battle, not to fight for a cause that doesn’t even involve a war!! "
Buts its ok to use it to honour illegal wars.
Sometimes I wonder how previous generations managed without the poppy. In my humble opinion,war and the military is now such a big part of the UKs economy that the government have to conflate all conflicts with the poppy now. Its good business.
Its miles away from what it was originally meant to represent. Miles. Charities like Erskine and Poppy Scotland actually do a lot of great work and I always try and support them,but there is a rebranding process going on now that the world war 2 veterans are dying off and its using an overt nationalism I find a bit troubling.
Buts its ok to use it to honour illegal wars.
Sometimes I wonder how previous generations managed without the poppy. In my humble opinion,war and the military is now such a big part of the UKs economy that the government have to conflate all conflicts with the poppy now. Its good business.
Its miles away from what it was originally meant to represent. Miles. Charities like Erskine and Poppy Scotland actually do a lot of great work and I always try and support them,but there is a rebranding process going on now that the world war 2 veterans are dying off and its using an overt nationalism I find a bit troubling.