MaxHeadroom Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Most people aren't aware that as well as the traditional commemorative red poppy that there also white (symbolising peace - being bloodstain red-free) and purple (remembering animals that died during conflicts) varieties. What colour poppy do you wear and why? I wear white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 i wear red out of respect for those that died in the wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 ooooo - you can get purple ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuressenceUK Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Red - anyone wearing a white one obviously has no respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrobbo Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I don't wear a poppy of any colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan_Vesta Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Red - Those who wish to wear a white one may as well wear a white feather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icon76 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Red, the only kind sold by the Royal British Legion. Do the people who flog the white and purple ones give the money to the Legion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxHeadroom Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) Red - anyone wearing a white one obviously has no respect Incidentally, the Royal Legion has not outrightly objected to the White Poppy. My grandfather was guardsman to both Sir Winston Churchill and the then Lord Soames at El-Alamein during WW2. The current Winston Churchill was his page boy. My grandfather saw and fought in what he described as "horror and suicide battles" with the Nazis in Africa and Germany. Nevertheless, he was decorated for his valour and exemplary conduct. He refused to wear a red poppy because of the abhorrent nature it signified. This is my reasoning. My grandfather as loyal servant of the Crown volunteered his life of servitude in order to give future generations a chance of experiencing peace. So on the contrary, he would have called me disrespectful if I had worn a red poppy. Edited November 1, 2009 by MaxHeadroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkey Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Red - Those who wish to wear a white one may as well wear a white feather You wear a red poppy, and that must mean you are really brave! Nobody would dare invade a country populated with people like you, who have no fear of wearing coloured flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan_Vesta Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 You wear a red poppy, and that must mean you are really brave! Nobody would dare invade a country populated with people like you, who have no fear of wearing coloured flowers. It's not that at all Donkey - I just don't believe in concientious objection, you're either up for doing your part or you're a passenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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