Will you be wearing a poppy?

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To support the work that the Royal British Legion do.

Nobody around here seems to be wearing one.

Yes I will.
Remembrance Day was a big day when I was a child, I loved seeing my grandad march wearing his medals along with all the other ex soldiers. The RBL is a big part of the community here and Remembrance Day is always a big deal.

I have nothing against people that don’t want to wear a poppy or be part of Remembrance Day, each to there own but I will be wearing mine.

@Appleofmyeye2023

The poppy IS the symbol of the futility of war, MENs stupid aggression on a global scale, and the countless lives lost and still being lost.

I used to believe that's what it symbolised. And wore it for those reasons.

But it's clear that many in current generations are quite ignorant about WW1 and have turned it into some jingoistic statement of blind support for war. And indeed, astonishingly, believe WW1 was a fight for "our freedom" (the mind boggles)

Yes.

How patronising. People don’t need to be educated into wearing a poppy if they don’t want to.

Yes. A simple answer.

I will still donate because I know that veterans need the support, but I can’t say that I ‘wear a poopy with pride’ like I used to.

Lest we forget has become a meaningless sentiment considering the despicable acts of war this country is currently giving its full support to.

"Remembrance" and Halloween have both become seasons. They are both just one day. I'll wear a poppy nearer the time.

What part are you misrepresenting that nobody took to wearing the poppies because they ever, ever felt WW1 was a “ just” war.
by the time the body bags containing their sons, that died fighting for some dick generals over a yard of mud gained, most people realised it was jingoism
read Vera Briton, the war poets, listen to the bloody songs everyone was singing
we don’t wear the poppy for the bloody politicians or generals, but for the literal bloody bits of bodies that were wasted and never bought home.

A white one.

Agreed. Rishi and the government wearing a poppy is a joke.

No, I won't.

Why don’t you get it together?

No.

Agree.

PTSD/cPTSD, addiction recovery and homelessness are matters very close to my heart. I've had close involvement with support groups surrounding two of these, and donate to charity in accordance with that choice. All three issues adversely affect veterans and a great deal might be achieved through these less visible and far less glamorous forms of support. Year round.

Not wearing a poppy or donating to the Royal British Legion once a year in November is not to show a lack of respect. Frankly, I'm not sure where people get off in claiming that it is, or administering lofty rebukes to people who don't happen to capitulate to their personal beliefs.

That is a matter for them.

And yes, Poppy Watch is certainly worthy of a watch.

I agree. That's why I wore the poppy.
But people now are misunderstanding and thinking they fought for our freedom when they didn't. WW1 was a senseless unnecessary war.

As an Irish person I do not get the negativity towards those who choose not to wear it. I have a gg uncle that died in WW1 and I wouldn't wear one because of the actions of some soldiers in NI. The sectarian abuse James McClean has to take for his refusal to wear one is horrific seeing that he us from Derry and what the British army did there . People should have the choice to wear what they like and likewise free to choose not to

Yes. I will. But only from the first week of nov.

The poppy IS the symbol of the futility of war, MENs stupid aggression on a global scale, and the countless lives lost and still being lost.

I can never understand the juxtaposition between the poppy as a symbol of the utter waste and futility of war - while also supporting post WW2 military, all of whom have joined willingly and frequently found themselves in places they shouldn't have been, doing things they shouldn't be doing.

Yes from 01 November

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Interesting to hear your views, my parents were teenagers in ww2. Dad helped in the rubble of his town as a teenager, mum was on sand bucket duty to cover the incendiary bombs that dropped.
I want to support the legion in all they do for people who serve.

Agree with this. My dad lost a leg in WW2. He was 19. Joined up because he felt compelled to do so. He lost his leg fighting for the right to be able to live in freedom and he lost his leg so people now can say what they like without fear. It ruined his life. He was a sportsman and it put a stop to that. I wear my poppy for my Dad and am proud to do so.

Quite

We wear a poppy because we should never ever forget any of it. The waste of life and the anguish should never be forgotten. A lesson never to do it again

Of course.

Always.

Quite. 'Lest we forget' while supporting babies being bombed.

Yes - we should remember those that have their lives so we could have our freedom