I don't wear one personally because of the experience of a serving family member. I have no wish to give money to the British Legion (the charity behind the poppy appeal), but have absolutely no problem with anyone else doing so. I donate to other veterans' charities instead and wear alternative symbols to show my respect for those who have been lost.
I do think it's great to see so many kids and young people queuing to buy poppies, as at least it shows that they're remembering veterans, rather than the crop of spoilt cunts (usually infected by university thinking) who'll spit at our soldiers. I just don't want to support that particular charity; those who had a different experience must of course donate if they wish to.
I do think it's great to see so many kids and young people queuing to buy poppies, as at least it shows that they're remembering veterans, rather than the crop of spoilt cunts (usually infected by university thinking) who'll spit at our soldiers. I just don't want to support that particular charity; those who had a different experience must of course donate if they wish to.
"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others...in the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute." - John Stuart Mill, On Liberty