Wearing a poppy in November

[blahraptors]

Do you wear a poppy for Rememberance Day? Why or why not?

I have the utmost respect for our veterans and the armed forces, but I don't wear one because the poppies I can get don't have safety pins. The needle always pokes me and if I pin it to outerwear, I lose it. What about you guys?

[goJays]

i start wearing it around a week before the 11th and keep it on for a few days after. my respect extends longer than just one day.. 14 days maybe lol

don't like war but it already happened.

[88]

don't like war but it already happened.

Isn't the point of Rememberance Day to remember the pointless horror of war so that we don't let it happen again?

[spf1971]

From the 1st to the 11th.

[brunes]

Wow I find the "no" result of this very depressing.

[ephemera]

Having a grandfather that fought in north Africa, I have to admit I sometimes forget some years. But I will still donate.

[izzybear]

As a believer in the stupidity and futility of war, am I supposed to wear a poppy or are poppies just for people who believe that as Canadians we should regularly send troops to Afghanistan and other countries whose policies we don't agree with?

[spf1971]

As a believer in the stupidity and futility of war, am I supposed to wear a poppy or are poppies just for people who believe that as Canadians we should regularly send troops to Afghanistan and other countries whose policies we don't agree with?

Do you agree with democracy? Poppies are worn to rmember those who gave their lives defending it. You don't have to support a war to support the troops.

[brunes]

As a believer in the stupidity and futility of war, am I supposed to wear a poppy or are poppies just for people who believe that as Canadians we should regularly send troops to Afghanistan and other countries whose policies we don't agree with?

Do you agree with going to war against Hitler? Would you have rather just let him take over all of Europe and North America and create a Nazi euro-centric planet? Don't you have any respect at all for the hundreds of thousands of brave men and women who died fighting in these wars?

Poppies are not about politics They are about remembering people who died so that you can live the way you do, agree with them or not.

If you actually spent some time to talk to some veterans, you might realize nearly all of them are very against war - having lived through it and knowing the horrors of it first hand, in a way we can't even imagine today. But they recognized the need at the time to stand up to what they felt was an injustice, and did so.

[Sauerkraut]

Do you wear a poppy for Rememberance Day? Why or why not?

I have the utmost respect for our veterans and the armed forces, but I don't wear one because the poppies I can get don't have safety pins. The needle always pokes me and if I pin it to outerwear, I lose it. What about you guys?

Am I missing something here? Pull out the straight pin and insert a safety pin

[nalababe]

Yes I do

FTR
I usually give $20 for my poppy
I can recite Flanders Fields accurately
I don't support the Highway of Heroes
I don't support the US in the Middle East
I do support our Peace Keeping Mantra
I do make sure that my US colleagues know that it was Canada that took Italy and that we were just as important on the DDay.
I do remember the stories of my Grand Parents who lived through the wars or fought in the wars and tell these stories to our son...these were wars the likes of which we today cannot comprehend.

[88]

Do you agree with going to war against Hitler?

OMG - is that still going on?!?

[googoo]

Do you agree with democracy? Poppies are worn to remember those who gave their lives defending it. You don't have to support a war to support the troops.

EXACTLY!

If you lose the poppy then donate a little more for another!

The big question is whether you rise for the 2 minutes of silence?? I have for as long as I can remember, no matter what I'm doing!

Brent

[jerrysiz]

Am I missing something here? Pull out the straight pin and insert a safety pin

+1, or put an earring backing (or wrap a piece of tape) around the end of the straight pin. Problem solved.

[BlackJays]

+1, or put an earring backing (or wrap a piece of tape) around the end of the straight pin. Problem solved.

Ok so I donate to my country, great, i pay taxes anyways but oookay. And in return I get this pin which stabs me an has a fake flower on it.......... how about making these with a sticky surface on the back. it would be much cheaper. and also it would prevent those cheapskates from re-using the same poppie from last year. oh and the best part, it owuldnt stab you.

someone give me a nobel peace prize. ha ha