Wearing a Poppy

[Caribeing]

Will you be wearing a Poppy! Do you observe Remembrance Day! Where I live the Poppy issue is controversial, but I think all servicemen and women should be remembered!

[joggerjayne]

Wear one.

Have a little jolly one on the car, as well.

[bensmum]

I always wear a poppy.

[ChuckFickens]

Yep wear one.

Jayne that must double the value of the car ;)

[Drisgirl]

I wear a poppy -only for the couple of days around the 11th -I also support the British Legion and their work (even tho i'm banned for calling the committee corrupt).

IMO its common decency/courtesy to acknowledge those who have fallen regardless of your personal political beliefs.

I dont acknowledge Rememberence Sunday as it has -where I live - religious connotations and I am an atheist.

[DrFilth]

yes


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[Prudentia]

Ought to be made compulsory, too many innocent lives lost, inlcuding in the last ten years or so sons (and daughters) of a few dear friends. Makes me feel so sad.

[sleepyj]

where does all the money go to ?

[johnny.5]

yes i wear one bought it last tuesday at the garden centre whilst purchasing rabbit food


Am I right ?
I'm not wrong !

[ddaisy99]

yes i wear one as .its a good cause which i should think about more often instead of just for remembrance sunday specialy in light of recent lost lives too.

[monkeyeyes]

Absolutely.
And with immense pride...

[Sachs]

Hi Mary, yes I do observe Remembrance day & always wear my poppy! xxx

[puddicat]

Always have ex forces, dont need x factor type programmes to remind me!!

[smudge]

I always wear a poppy (only a red one I might add) - so do all my family. We wear them with pride & in rememberance of all the men & women who fought for us in the wars.

P.S. Where do you live for the Poppy to be controversial?

[Buenchico]

I refuse to wear a poppy because I don't believe in funerals or commemorating the dead. However, that doesn't stop me from putting money into the collecting box, because it goes to help the living.

A colleague of mine once berated me for not wearing a poppy, even though he knew that I'd put money (including banknotes) in 3 separate collecting tins that day. He, on the other hand, told me that he managed to avoid all of the people making the collections; the poppy he was wearing was one he'd found lying on the ground. He failed to see my point when I suggested that my attitude might be be rather more positive than his!

Chris

[sara3]

yes, I will be poppy-fied.

[SMH13]

Yes, work in a bank and we have just had our annual delivery - very popular with everyone.

[Drisgirl]

Aww thats not fair -wheres my stars ?

puddi -seriously -what did you mean?

sleepy -the money goes in Scotland anyway to Esrkine Hospital -where they help to rehabilitate personnel ,take care of the olsd soldiers and also towards families. who have lost loved one, in the aftermath -with legalities and domestic issues until their situation is stabilised..Magnificent organisation -in the main unsung.

[smudge]

Everyone to their own of course Chris, but wearing a poppy might encourage others to do so too....

[Prudentia]

I have been granted a forward place in our local remembrance day parade as the godmother of a locally born SAS trooper who lost his young life in Iraq, I shall wear his beige beret with great pride and many many tears.

[Drisgirl]

smudge -I would guess that Mary lives in N Ireland -that is just a stab in the dark.

Chris -good on you -man of principle -you shouldnt ever feel you have to go against your principles -I often personally help out -dont feel the need to wear the badge.I however on a personal note have pride in wearing the poppy.