100% behind John Snow in this matter, even though I disagree with many of his political opinions. "Poppy fascism" is about right.
In recent years there has been an unseemly rush to be the first to wear a poppy. I certainly havent bought one yet, but no doubt I'll have one in time for 10th November when I'll be attending a remembrance service.
The vicar of course has got it all wrong, and needs to be educated about the fact that the poppy is for remembrance, not the glorification of war. In any case, in my experience there's no pacifist like one who's fought in a war and seen first hand what a bloody waste it all is.
IMOH white poppies are insulting, and their wearers seek to occupy a spurious moral high ground, implying as they do that those of us who wear red poppies are somehow in favour of wars!
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