Thread: Wearing a Poppy

Have one what? Quote: Swissinfo This for those who don`t have one

Quote: HashBrown For those curious, Prince Chuck has donned both a Canadian and British poppies during his current visit with Camilla to Canada. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2...camilla-canada Since the House of Windsor is still officially the head of Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and many other countries, the Prince and the rest of his family should clearly pay their respects to all of these countries every time, not just when they...

Lets hope we can remember? Remembrance Day the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

Quote: PlantHead That's not just soldiers, in fact I would guess hardly any of that figure is soldiers. 25million odd people died in Russia, mainly from starvation. Nope. About 20-25million were soldiers. Figures vary of course http://www.world-war-2.info/statistics/

Quote: i-b-deborah I haven't worked out who really are the bad guys yet. I can tell you who the bad guys aren't : The poor buggers, mostly dead, mostly perfectly ordinary, in whose memory we wear the poppies.

Quote: i-b-deborah 50 million soldiers died in ww2? Holy cow, I didn't know that....... That's not just soldiers, in fact I would guess hardly any of that figure is soldiers. 25million odd people died in Russia, mainly from starvation. Quote: i-b-deborah Are you guys just talking about the allied forces? Nope.

For those curious, Prince Chuck has donned both a Canadian and British poppies during his current visit with Camilla to Canada. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2...camilla-canada

Quote: portsmouth68 The bad guys are the politicians that take us into war and the good guys are the soldiers that fight it and allow us to live normal lives. So it was wrong for politicians to send soldiers into Kosovo/ East Timor in your case etc?

Quote: Castro I'm definitely all for remembering the fallen, and for that reason I would buy and wear a poppy with pride. However I wonder how many of those on TV are wearing theirs consciously, or simply due to peer pressure? For the last week everyone in TV Land has been wearing a poppy. Now call me cynical but thats not representative of the general population. So are they really wearing it or simply picking up a stage prop from the...

Quote: i-b-deborah But what does the realist in you think? The realist in me wears the poppy to honor my father who spent 33yrs active duty in the Marine Corps, to honor my mother who also served in the Marine Corps, to honor my brother who is currently serving in the US Navy, to honor both of my grandfathers and my grandmother who also served in the US Navy and of course, to honor all of the other men and women, not only the ones I know but...