Originally Posted by
An MP
"I am begged to wear an Aids Ribbon, a breast cancer ribbon, a Marie Curie flower... You name it, from the Red Cross to the RNIB, they send me stuff to wear to raise awareness, and I don't. And in those terms, and those terms alone, I do not and will not wear a poppy.
The difference between the poppy and all the other symbols you mention is that, as an MP (if you really are), you are directly complicit in the decision to send the troops into battle. They are there by act of the institution you represent and was fought for by generations of the fallen. If you cannot see that, then it is little wonder that Parliament is held in such low esteem by the population.