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Poppies: will you wear red, white, both or none?

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What kind of poppy will you wear on November 11?

I will be wearing a white poppy on November 11. What about everyone else?

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They do white poppies? :confused:
Original post by Maid Marian
They do white poppies? :confused:


I read this article earlier on http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/poppy-appeal-2014-this-is-why-i-wont-be-wearing-a-red-poppy-this-year-9814449.html and it made me want to wear a white poppy... only problem is Idk where to buy it or how to make it XD
Original post by R Dragon
I read this article earlier on http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/poppy-appeal-2014-this-is-why-i-wont-be-wearing-a-red-poppy-this-year-9814449.html and it made me want to wear a white poppy... only problem is Idk where to buy it or how to make it XD


That is interesting :holmes:
What a load of nonsense.

Red, as always.
No poppy, I don't see the point.
I won't be wearing a poppy. It's more of a fashion statement than anything these days.
No poppy.
Never worn one and never will.
Red of course, I've already started wearing mine this week. :smile:
Original post by themorninglight
Never worn one and never will.


Why?
Some people perhaps will wear it mechanically, or even as a "fashion statement", but for me personally the wearing of a poppy has a great personal significance. And so I will wear a red poppy, and I will use it as a way to remember.
Original post by themorninglight
Never worn one and never will.

Why such conviction?
Original post by President Snow
Some people perhaps will wear it mechanically, or even as a "fashion statement", but for me personally the wearing of a poppy has a great personal significance. And so I will wear a red poppy, and I will use it as a way to remember.


People trying to outcompete each other over size or how bling their poppy is has become such a depressing sight.
Not sure yet, so I voted "no" for now. I will donate, but I'm clumsy and I always manage to lose/break the poppies, so might not bother. The important thing is the remembrance, after all.

For those who do wear them - there's a purple one as well to commemorate and raise awareness of the animal victims of war, to wear alongside a red or white one (The Royal British Legion have no issue with this).

http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/living//2256//
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Original post by flopsybunnybell
I will be wearing a white poppy on November 11. What about everyone else?

Is not wearing both a contradiction?
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I probably won't have one, I usually forget to pick one up. (Just the poppy I forget, I do reflect on the day anyway.)
If I see them being sold, I'll pick one up. A red one. Never heard of a white one.
Original post by R Dragon
I read this article earlier on http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/poppy-appeal-2014-this-is-why-i-wont-be-wearing-a-red-poppy-this-year-9814449.html and it made me want to wear a white poppy... only problem is Idk where to buy it or how to make it XD


You can buy a white poppy here
I usually end up going through about 3 poppies a week, so I might just donate to the RBL and give up on trying to not lose the thing.

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