Poppies
- Thread starter Hangman
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For the record I do wear a poppy, usually $2 per, and I go through 5 or 6. Problem is they are worn on the left lapel, which is right where my seatbelt hits, pulling them off when I leave the car.
I lose them, almost without fail, so when I'm done, they are usually gone anyway.
I lose them, almost without fail, so when I'm done, they are usually gone anyway.
Pity your superior moral stance does not allow you to show some respect for, or acknowledgement of the very people who sacrificed everything to permit you the indulgence of the luxury of your compromises and contradictions.
Would it really cause you to lose any sleep to wear a poppy to demostrate that you recognize their gift to you, paid for with their lives?
In part. The European Poppy is Papaver rhoeas a.k.a. the Corn or Field Poppy it has red petals.
The Opium Poppy is Papaver somniferum although (in my limited observation) the petals of those used for the production of opium are commonly white you are absolutely correct that they can come in other colours. It is this poppy from which most ornamental poppies are descended, and which is also used for the production of poppy seeds for baking.
I don't consider using those very freedoms to make my own informed choices and opinions -- even dissenting ones -- to be disrespectful to those who you suggest paid with their lives for me to have those freedoms.
My grandpa also fought in the war. He, like many others, came back traumatized from what he saw and did. For many reasons, he never wore the poppie.
I'm out of this thread now. Sorry Hangman for disturbing the thread you started. I should have known better than to reply to it, as it was never my intention to start this debate.
