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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I don't get the outrage against the white poppies. You attend the services and the veterans speak about the brave soldiers who fought at their sides and did not return. They speak about the horrible conditions that these men had to endure, many never to return, so this could be a free land. And they speak of hope that we never have to face such times again. It is for the former statements that I wear the red poppy and the latter for which I wear the white. Maybe I'm missing something.
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Well could it be that the funds from the Red Poppies go to the veterns who fought in the wars. Could it be that it is a way of saying thankyou that is nearly a century old and one which has been instilled in myself since I was a very small child. Could it be the simple reason that the poppy is used to signify the graves of all those men who did not return home, those men whose final resting place is in another country - a country they helped liberate from oppression. Until you can prove that white poppies filled the fields in Flanders I will be insulted by someone who wears one - not for myself but for those not given the opportunity to be present to see the white poppy.