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Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1
Pretty sure that the extending the poppy season and the wars its relevant to and also other imagery about our boys over there etc are a concerted effort to get some warm belly feels into stomachs to gloss over the fact that every violent conflict we have been in for the last 20 years has been a completely pointless cluster****.
Think its been pretty successful.
Inital idea of post WW1 Remembrance Days was that they would serve as reminders of just how ****ing stupid war is and how we must strive to avoid it at all costs. It has been bastardised somewhat since then but the general idea is still quite admirable.
Also, nobody is forced to wear a poppy for God's sake. It sometimes feels as if the anti-poppy brigade are trying to force outrage where none exists.