Retard says: Why I Don't Wear a Poppy
CrazyCanuck007 @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:46 am
my grandfather fought at both vimy ridge & at d-day.
i wear my poppy in his honor and the honor of all vetrens.
bootlegga @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:03 am
I totally disagree with what Mr. MacLeod said in his article, but it is his right to say it, just as it is Bart's right to post pictures of pigs named after the head of a religion somewhere in Asia. After all, that what's our guys fought and died for. Sometimes freedom of speech means you have to listen to shite you don't care for...
The sad thing is that Mr. MacLeod just doesn't get it. If Gandhi had gone up against the Nazis, I'm sure they would have put him and his followers into a death camp and that would have put a stop to his non-violent protest.
He needs to remember that the poppy is for ALL veterans, not just those of WW1 and WW2. It represents every Canadian who ever wore a uniform and gave the ultimate sacrifice, be it as a peacekeeper or a soldier of the LER in Ortona, or whereever they may have fallen.
American @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:04 am
My daughter use to call her pacifier "poppy" when she was a toddler. 
I don't know how she came up with that. She'd get very upset if it was missing.
Anyway, is the holiday today?
xerxes @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:23 am
It's the same day as Veterans Day.
American @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:27 am
So your Veterans' Day is the same day as our Veterans' Day?
xerxes @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:33 am
Yep. But when you have Memorial Day in May, we have Victoria Day.
themasta @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:39 am
What a sad, strange, little man. His life must be so pathetic. Figures he'd be from B.C., yet another granola eating Hippie who doesn't understand.
Blue_Nose @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:45 am
Wearing a poppy definately doesn't support war, so this guy's out to lunch... the point of wearing a poppy is to remember those who had no choice but to face war, in hopes that it won't happen again.
I never met a World War veteren who was pro-war, so that should give some indication as to how much their honour and rememberance has to do with supporting war itself.
xerxes @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:46 am
Like stereotypes much?
He's entitled to his opinions no matter how unpopular they are. I know quite a few people who think like that, not because they are hippies, but because they are pacifists. More specifically, they are Mennonites.
Pacifism is a rejection of not just war, but all symbols of war like a poppy. You may disagree with it (as do I), but understanding it's principle's would do you some good as it prevent you from making stereotypes about people.
-Mario- @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:59 am
An elderly gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane. At the French customs desk,
the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Canadian said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible, Canadians always have to show your passports on arrival in France!”
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look, then he explained,
“Well, when I came ashore at Juno Beach on D Day in 1944 to help liberate this
country, I couldn’t find any Frenchman to show it to.”
And thats why we wear the Poppy...
ridenrain @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:31 pm
-Mario- -Mario-:
An elderly gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane. At the French customs desk,
the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Canadian said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible, Canadians always have to show your passports on arrival in France!”
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look, then he explained,
“Well, when I came ashore at Juno Beach on D Day in 1944 to help liberate this
country, I couldn’t find any Frenchman to show it to.”
And thats why we wear the Poppy...
the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Canadian said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible, Canadians always have to show your passports on arrival in France!”
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look, then he explained,
“Well, when I came ashore at Juno Beach on D Day in 1944 to help liberate this
country, I couldn’t find any Frenchman to show it to.”
And thats why we wear the Poppy...
American @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:53 pm
-Mario- -Mario-:
An elderly gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane. At the French customs desk,
the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Canadian said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible, Canadians always have to show your passports on arrival in France!”
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look, then he explained,
“Well, when I came ashore at Juno Beach on D Day in 1944 to help liberate this
country, I couldn’t find any Frenchman to show it to.”
And thats why we wear the Poppy...
the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Canadian said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible, Canadians always have to show your passports on arrival in France!”
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look, then he explained,
“Well, when I came ashore at Juno Beach on D Day in 1944 to help liberate this
country, I couldn’t find any Frenchman to show it to.”
And thats why we wear the Poppy...
PluggyRug @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:54 pm
ridenrain ridenrain:
-Mario- -Mario-:
An elderly gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane. At the French customs desk,
the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Canadian said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible, Canadians always have to show your passports on arrival in France!”
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look, then he explained,
“Well, when I came ashore at Juno Beach on D Day in 1944 to help liberate this
country, I couldn’t find any Frenchman to show it to.”
And thats why we wear the Poppy...
the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Canadian said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible, Canadians always have to show your passports on arrival in France!”
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look, then he explained,
“Well, when I came ashore at Juno Beach on D Day in 1944 to help liberate this
country, I couldn’t find any Frenchman to show it to.”
And thats why we wear the Poppy...
Double ditto
Mustang1 @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:44 pm
xerxes xerxes:
Like stereotypes much?
He's entitled to his opinions no matter how unpopular they are. I know quite a few people who think like that, not because they are hippies, but because they are pacifists. More specifically, they are Mennonites.
Pacifism is a rejection of not just war, but all symbols of war like a poppy. You may disagree with it (as do I), but understanding it's principle's would do you some good as it prevent you from making stereotypes about people.
He's entitled to his opinions no matter how unpopular they are. I know quite a few people who think like that, not because they are hippies, but because they are pacifists. More specifically, they are Mennonites.
Pacifism is a rejection of not just war, but all symbols of war like a poppy. You may disagree with it (as do I), but understanding it's principle's would do you some good as it prevent you from making stereotypes about people.
$1:
He's entitled to his opinions no matter how unpopular they are.
Of course he’s entitled to his opinion. He’s also entitled to be wrong as well.
Lord-Beaverbrook @ Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:02 pm
Wearing the poppy definetly doesn't support war but he did make a good point with:
"Unarguably, WWI was "for king and country," not freedom and democracy; its causes were rooted in European imperialism and nationalism - schisms and divisions between people, rather than virtues like freedom and democracy"
Not all wars are wars of freedom vs tyranny.