[Richard Turpin]

(11-02-2018 10:00 AM)ed pluribus unum Wrote:  

(11-02-2018 09:52 AM)Richard Turpin Wrote:  

Britchard, yep. Exactly. While this doesn't strictly apply to everyone, definite trends have developed among ethnic and political lines over the years. The fact that the poppy wearers are (mostly) native English hasn't gone un-noticed and this gives our rulers a problem; the poppy is too powerful a symbol for them to disavow and attack directly.

It's something of a mystery, really. I am puzzled by how little the wearing of the poppy has been adopted by the hordes of Maghrebians and Chinese that have become Canadian citizens. Is it possible they don't give a shit?

Yeah, I mean, it boils down to ancestral worship. Remembering and honouring your tribe. If you don't feel a connection to those who died in the trenches and don't see them as belonging to your tribe, then you won't understand or care about buying a poppy.

Maybe this is why they try to widen the appeal. They can't have it specifically about one group of people, even though it is specifically about one group of people.