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Beware of the white poppy campaign
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| EvilTree |
http://edmsun.canoe.ca/News/Edmonto...253084-sun.html
| quote: | Peace Activists Push White Poppies
By CARY CASTAGNA, EDMONTON SUN
A group of local peace activists are again asking Edmontonians to wear white poppies this Remembrance Day as a symbol of peace.
But veterans across the province are seeing red over the idea.
Patti Hartnagel of the anti-war group Women in Black says the white poppy represents the belief that there are better ways to resolve conflicts than killing strangers.
"When you see them (white poppies), you need to stop and think about what's happening in our world and the fact that the wars have not solved anything," she told the Sun.
Hartnagel explained the white poppy was created by the England-based Women's Co-operative Guild in 1933 to symbolize their commitment to work for peace.
It's not a slight on the war dead, she said.
"We're not saying get rid of the red poppy," she added.
In fact, some people are wearing their red poppies with a peace sign in the middle.
Others are wearing both a white and red poppy, said Michael Kalmanovitch, owner of Earth's General Store on Whyte Avenue, which is selling the white poppies for the third straight year.
"The white poppy says, 'Hey, let's think of other ways to resolve the conflict,' " said the self-described non-violence activist. "It's forward-thinking, whereas a red poppy is looking back."
Peter Germaniuk, an 82-year-old navy veteran, doesn't like the idea.
"I wouldn't wear a white poppy," he said from his home in Calmar. "And I wouldn't want to see any veteran wearing a white poppy. I think that's degrading."
Jack Chapman, a veteran from Stettler who was captured in the Battle of Dieppe, says a white poppy makes no sense.
"The poppies that grew around Flanders Field were red, not white," the 89-year-old said. "Anybody who buys them (white poppies), they might as well wear a crocus or a rose. |
I don't have anything against promoting peace.
I do have a problem with people pushing their political agenda in a manner which is an insult to those who have served for Canada, and those who have died for Canada.
It would be fine if they choose another day to promote their cause.
But not on Remembrance Day.
Boy, this does make my blood boil.:mad: :whip: |
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| Cro_Addict |
I totally agree with you. This is soooo ridiculous.
First if they want it, like u said choose a different day.
Second, WHY USE WHITE POPPY????
The red poppy was what grew in Flanders Field.....Where did the white poppy grow??? Did it grow in the part of the world that always had peace??? Well that doesnt exist.....
WTF!! This is sooo retarded.
It could all be resolved by switching the day and the symbol.
Those are my 2 cents |
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| dallastar |
| I am wearin mine, but it poked my boobie today and it hurt!:mad: |
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by dallastar
I am wearin mine, but it poked my boobie today and it hurt!:mad: |
wearing the red or white one? |
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| exstasie |
Thats great and all, but I agree with all of you.
Peace might be the way to go, but you still have to remember the PAST and the war and everything that our people fought and died for.
Wearing the Red poppy is a symbol of the people that fought and loss in the war. Not about the peace.
But yeah, i'll be wearing my poppy proudly (have to get another one, lost my original one). Plus all of the money raised from the poppy's go the veterans...so yeah.
Go RED! |
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| activate |
| They should wear opium poppies... in hippies :p |
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| dallastar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cro_Addict
wearing the red or white one? |
the red one, I have never seen the white one! |
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| chinamon |
| can the whitepoppy be smoked? |
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
can the whitepoppy be smoked? |
wow
thats actually a good question. anyone/??? |
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| dallastar |
| I tried googling it, but nothing came up...:clown: oh well.... |
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| Cosmic Fur |
KRAMER (to organizer at desk): Uh, Cosmo Kramer?
ORGANIZER: Uh...o.k., you're checked in. Here's your AIDS ribbon.
KRAMER: Uh, no thanks.
ORGANIZER: You don't want to wear an AIDS ribbon?
KRAMER: No.
ORGANIZER: But you have to wear an AIDS ribbon.
KRAMER: I have to?
ORGANIZER: Yes.
KRAMER: See, that's why I don't want to.
ORGANIZER: But everyone wears the ribbon. You must wear the ribbon!
KRAMER: You know what you are? You're a ribbon bully.
ORGANIZER: Hey you! Come back here! Come back here and put this on!
WALKER #1: Hey, where's your ribbon?
KRAMER: Oh, I don't wear the ribbon.
WALKER #2: Oh, you don't wear the ribbon? Aren't you against AIDS?
KRAMER: Yeah, I'm against AIDS. I mean, I'm walking, aren't I? I just don't wear the ribbon.
WALKER #3: Who do you think you are?
WALKER #1: Put the ribbon on!
WALKER #2: Hey, Cedric! Bob! This guy won't wear a ribbon!
BOB: Who? Who does not want to wear the ribbon?
BOB: So! What's it going to be? Are you going to wear the ribbon?
KRAMER (nervously): No! Never.
BOB: But I am wearing the ribbon. He is wearing the ribbon. We are all wearing the ribbon! So why aren't you going to wear the ribbon!?
KRAMER: This is America! I don't have to wear anything I don't want to wear!
CEDRIC: What are we gonna do with him?
BOB: I guess we are just going to have to teach him to wear the ribbon!
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| Abercrombie |
| so disrespectful |
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