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Originally Posted by Fluffy Bunnies
Its taking every fibre of my being to really restrain myself. But here goes...
Ignorance is being uninformed. When someone disagrees with your opinion they arent necessarily uninformed. Disagreement with a bunch of agenda driven bull#### political wars is someones opinion. The right of which your buddies supposedly gave their lives for.
The fact remains that Afghanistan has nothing to do with protecting Canadian society. This is a land that has a vast history of tribal conflict and resistance to foreign powers.
An army is created to protect our land; not project our ideals onto others that dont want it. WW2 was the last threat to Canada. Korea, Suez, Cyprus, Bosnia, Afghanistan, etc... are/were of no threat to Canada.
Being a veteran doesnt give you or anyone else a free pass in the morality dept.
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And I will respectfully disagree with the majority of this post. This is my opinion but for arguments sake: You don't wear a poppy as a symbol of political agenda or to show support for our government in what they decide to do in world affairs. The poppy as I understand it is to show the sacrifices that the soldiers themselves made in service to their country. They go into harms way because they are told to, they may not agree with the reasons behind it, I'm sure some of the men and women who served in the places you mentioned didn't agree with why they were there. But they did go where they were told and did the job they were told to do, and some of them made the supreme sacrifice in trying to do that job. Thats what you honor, not any political motives/beliefs etc.
You may not agree with Canada being in Afganistan and that ok, you are definitely not alone, but I don't think that should have anything to do with wearing a poppy as there should be no politics involved in what that stands for.