Originally Posted by
pr00ne
cynaclint,
“hijacking” Oh Come on The White Poppy has been around for over 70 years. It is nearly as old as the Red Poppy.
Why do you get so agitated by the White Poppy?
A Red Poppy to remember the fallen and support charity is a terrific idea, when people start linking it to defending freedom and democracy then I have a real problem with it. The vast majority of those folk the Poppy remembers were NOT defending anyone’s freedom!
Yes, it is a terrific idea; and the monies raised from the sale of RED poppies goes towards supporting those in need as a result of service in HM armed forces, be they servicemen or dependents, that governments of all hues from at least 1914 either cannot or will not support. White poppies do not support this aim and could even detract from it. By all means have white poppies, but not at this time of year - and where do the proceeds from the white poppies go? I don't know but it is unlikely to go to deserving causes that have arisen from conflict. The red poppy is a non-political symbol of rememberance and not a glorification of war; the white poppy is a political symbol of pacifism and is aimed at denigrating all wars, just or not, and to push it at this time of detracts from the act of rememberance.