[St Charles Owl]

" 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.

The Poppy doesn't honor any war as such, it honors those who have fallen in wars, irrespective of the politics behind those wars. You are right all this peripheral crap surrounding who does or doesn't wear it detracts from the reason for the poppy in the first place. By buying a poppy you are supporting the Royal British Legion raise money to help veterans and their families in so many ways, irrespective of why they need that help nor what war they fought in or even if they never actually served during a war.