white poppies?

Question

is anyone wearing them with pride today?
does anyone think they are more suitable to wear than the red?
does anyone think it offensive to wear white poppies?
discuss

jules, i wasnt there but i would never wear a white poppy because i recognise the lives that were lost for me and you. it was a question not a statement

Answer 1

The wearing of white poppies is often associated with blinkered liberal lefties who generally speaking let their hearts rule their heads and dont bother to research the subjects they involve themselves in.
Much of the time they are concerned with bucking the system because they consider it to be cool and trendy to oppose he establishment regardless of right or wrong.
every white poppy bought is one less contribution to the memories , survivors and families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to give us all the rights we have today(the rights tony blair wants to take away)
Also wearing of a white poppy shows lack of support, even opposition to the wearing of the red one, how dare you?!
If it wasnt for the soldiers who gave their lives , you wouldnt even have a choice about what you wear.
Their argument is sometimes that the red poppy celebrates militarism, not so, if they would take the time to actually attend a remembrance day gathering they would recognise the sombre , serious day that it is. The chaplain will always make references to the horrors of war and reach out for peace.There is no glorification. Still yet , at the commemoration in yorkshire today i was brimming with pride as i saw the veterans parade.

Answer 2

People argue over the silliest things, don't they? As if there wasn't enough to argue and disagree over, they must now argue over two different pigmentations that essentially mean the same thing.

Both colors of poppies are used to honor fallen soldiers. The red ones honor them as fallen heroes who died for a noble cause. The white ones do the same, but also express the hope that no more soldiers will have to die as the result of peace. I really don't think any fallen soldier, in his final moments, was thinking, "At last! I get to die! Woo-hoo! I'm a hero now!" Unless he was a Viking, of course, but that's not the case here. Most people who have died left behind lives and people that they loved dearly. I'm sure that if peace had been a reality, they would have gladly embraced it, rather than gone off to fight the enemy.

For me, it's either, or. White and red are only colors. They mean different things, but they still give the same amount of respect to the fallen heroes. It's not worth starting a fight.

Answer 3

I find the concept offencive and puzzling. To wear a white poppy, you have to consciously chose not to wear a red one, and how can that be construed as anything other than an insult to the people we are supposed to be remembering? It was 'Poppies red in Flanders field', not poppies white!
I think some people have somehow got hold of the idea that red poppies celebrate war and militarism. Far from it, it is a powerful anti-war statement. I wear mine to remember people like my granddad, a peaceful, gentle man who hated war, but who signed up to fight anyway, because he thought that the real evil of Nazism had to be fought, and that England, for all her faults, was worth defending against barbarism. Citizen-Soldiers like him do not deserve the slap in the face that the white poppy represents.

Answer 4

Red poppies are the real deal, don't think I have ever seen a white poppy.

Answer 5

The red poppy's do have a special significance because of the fields the battles were fought over were covered in them.

Thus the poppy's were adopted so we would remember.

Hijacking the poppy idea is (i think) the wrong thing to do

The poppy should be for remembering the soldiers that fought and died, and nothing else.

Answer 6

dont even go there why change the red to white honey? Leave it be remember flanders? Of course you dont you wasnt there do the research then ask that question again! In my opinion i will not wear the white but i will buy one with the red. I will wear the red poppy with pride

Answer 7

I am wearing red poppy in remembrance of my brother killed during the war and a white one for Peace

Answer 8

Weren't the majority of those killed Christians (German, French and English)...

Maybe if the Christian churches had been more pro-active during those 2 conflicts they could have stopped their sheep fighting, and stopped the conflicts earlier, saving shed loads of lives.

But no, the Vatican blessed the Nazi's and our Churches just prayed - what kind of a Shepard leads their flock into Battle.
Onward Christian Soldiers, 2 by 2, oh when the saints, etc...
(all war songs posing as religious goody goody tunes)

Answer 9

Red poppies are the sign of respect for those lost and injured in wars. Since when has WHITE had anything to do with it other than the Church poking its nose in...........

Answer 10

NO. RED poppies for remembrance. The church should keep its nose out of peoples' wishes.