Wear your Poppy with pride...

[Fish]

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Certain individuals in the public eye not wearing a Poppy is really getting my goat! Stupid excuses like 'I don't agree with war' or 'the British army persecuted the people in my country', it's a symbol of remembrance ffs, nobody wants to go to war, it doesn't represent one side, it doesn't even just represent the military deaths in conflict, it's the bigger picture which so far even Sergio Aguero can fathom out.

It's narrow minded individuals in a position of power with a one vision mindset that generally lead to conflict, so you're more closely matched than you probably think!

Everyone knows someone, who knows someone affected by war, so wear it for them.

Freedom of speech is a blessing however naivety is stupidity ‪

So those refusing to wear the poppy do so as a political statement...proving that they are ignorant of the feeling of the majority of the nation and are only interested in publicising themselves or their own political beliefs...totally blind to the fact that those which the poppy represent gave their lives so that these self serving individuals can do just that.....
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[Grogger]

I do get that it annoys some people that other people won't wear the poppy but everyone has a choice.

I haven't worn one for years. Not that I wouldn't but they always fall off or last 5 minutes. I have a mini poppy badge that I always have on my leeds scarf.

Some people will have donated cash to the British legion and not wore the poppy for many reasons.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Freedom of choice. People have the right not to agree with them.

I wear one but I have no issue with those who don't.

 

[tugglesf239]

Freedom of choice. People have the right not to agree with them.

I agree with you however there is a huge amount of Irony involved in that sentence

 

[Deleted member 16999]

I've got past worrying about those that don't wear Poppies for political reasons as then the point of the Poppy becomes about them rather than the real reason, no amount of political statement will ever deflect from the what the Poppy means and what it stands for.
If you wear one, wear it with Pride, if you don't, then fine, just don't try and tell me why, keep it to yourself, I won't be offended.

 

[Alex1975]

Who are we talking about who is making a stand on this point from the public eye?

 

[Hobbit]

I always buy one and wear it as a show of respect etc, I'll attend the service and I'll do the minute's silence. However, I also respect the choice of those that choose otherwise. And I'm mindful that those that served did so, so that people in this country have a choice as to how we live.

Equally, there are some that, perhaps, don't realise that the freedoms they have are earned and need to be respected, inc. the freedom of speech. Choose not to wear one, fine, but don't do it to make a political statement. The poppy should be an apolitical symbol.

 

[jp5]

Absolutely we should remember and be grateful for the sacrifices that others made to allow us to live the way we do.

Though I do find the media race to see who can wear their poppy first every year a little glib.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I agree with you however there is a huge amount of Irony involved in that sentence

Yes I get that. As long as they don't force that view aggressively onto people then that is fine. That has to work both ways though. I get the whole argument about only having the freedom to choose because of sacrifices made etc but this is a complicated situation for some people and they are fully entitled to not wear one.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The poppy is a symbol of respect to people who sacrificed themselves to ensure that we as a country and live freely

People in recent years have taken it to mean you are supporting war or supporting the armed forces etc

People can chose not to wear it as is their right but have heard too many times the reason being the Irag or Afghan war and people being against the Armed Forces

 

[davidy233]

I don't wear a poppy and both my grandads (one died) as well as my dad and my brother fought for my right to choose - I don't need to wear a paper flower to remember them

 

[Rooter]

I will be in germany for the 11th and will be wearing my poppy with pride. I actually posted the same time last year (annual event there) and i did not receive any negativity. Many i assume had no idea what it was for anyway.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Not judging anyone who reads or posts on this thread, but the other thing about the Poppy Appeal people forget is that it is an invaluable way for the British Legion to raise funds for looking after those who need it. Every penny of your donation goes to the RBL, none of it is taken away for admin costs or anything else, it is one of the few Charities that ensure 100% of what you give is used for Charitable purposes, the last few years have raised over 30 Million each year. Thank you in advance for your support and generous donations.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I will be in germany for the 11th and will be wearing my poppy with pride. I actually posted the same time last year (annual event there) and i did not receive any negativity. Many i assume had no idea what it was for anyway.

Not in Munich are you? I'm there on the 11th this year for an exhibition.

 

[Kellfire]

People who use the poppy for their own agenda is the issue.

I don't wear a poppy. I have that choice. If people take that as a de facto two-fingers to the armed forces, as many do, then that is their own issue.

 

[Rooter]

Not in Munich are you? I'm there on the 11th this year for an exhibition.

No Will be in Frankfurt.

 

[hovis]

I don't wear a popy because i cant be bothered to take it on and off and put holes in my clothes. I personally make one donation of £50 a year. Does that make me disrespectful?

 

[Fyldewhite]

Each to their own, it's a charity at the end of the day, that's all. And the right to choose is one of the things they fought for.....it's a free country. I wear one to remember the conscripts and volunteers of my grandads generation who were slaughtered with their pals on the Somme and elsewhere. They had little choice in the matter and to me it's still what the poppy appeal is all about.

Also, I absolutely despise the use of the poppy as a symbol of nationalism by the far right. Oh the irony, these people would actually take away many of the freedoms hard won by the sacrifice of ordinary folk a century ago and again 75 years ago. Its use on cheap facebook posts and elsewhere is an insult to their memory.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Back in the day when I was a lad I don't remember us wearing a poppy other than on Remembrance Sunday - maybe my parents did in the days before and I just don't remember - but don't think they did.

I will probably buy a poppy, but I if I do I won't be moving it from one jacket or jersey to another when I go out - and I won't buy more than one. So I may have a poppy but just not happen to be wearing it; that does not stop be being thoughtful on the sacrifices made by others on my behalf. I'd be a bit upset if someone accused me of not caring (or worse) if I was spotted not wearing a poppy.

 

[freddielong]

The problem with this kind of gesture is it has to be free will or it is pointless, if all of a sudden wearing a poppy became compulsory then there would be no point doing it as people would do it because they had to, and the thought and respect would be lost.

I will / am wearing one as I think it is an amazing charity and I also think it does us good to remember what others have given up and been through.

That said I really understand the op's frustration with people on TV not wearing them, especially when they will be there off set for them to put on they will have to physically say no not for me which I don't understand.