Poppy Fascism?

[brighteyes]

Pulling munters doesn't count as charity.

[dakyras]

[pink_triangle]

Is it just me or are people on tv wearing poppies earlier and earlier every year? I have only just seen people selling them but in tv land they seem to have been wearing them for a couple of weeks.

[benc]

seems to me that poppys are more of a fashion thing, people think they need to wear a poppy to show people they care about those who have fallen and to avoid the obvious guilt trip, and yet probably no little about the meaning of the appeal, or care

[greenfairy43]

I don't think you should feel obliged to give money to any charity, it should be personal choice.

[gratedenini]

[windy_miller]

This sums up how I feel about Children In Need. I really feel it railroads people into giving to the appeal.

[ampersand]

i don't see how you can feel anger towards a charity. if you don't want to support it, fair enough. there's thousands of charities that people don't support. but don't see the need for having a go at it.

personally i think there's more deserving charities but am still happy to support it.

[dakyras]

??? what the hell is this? The Tampax Poppy?

den

[ampersand]

where does the white poppy money go?

[dakyras]

PPU.

[windy_miller]

i don't see how you can feel anger towards a charity. if you don't want to support it, fair enough. there's thousands of charities that people don't support. but don't see the need for having a go at it.

personally i think there's more deserving charities but am still happy to support it.

[ampersand]

The problem I have with it is that you are unable to escape it. There's a build up for about 2 weeks, then on the day you get cornered wherever you go. Its literally shoved down your throat.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they do some very good work with the money, I just can't stand the way that that money is extracted from the public.

[greenfairy43]

This sums up how I feel about Children In Need. I really feel it railroads people into giving to the appeal.

[eFestivals]

Exactly this.

Guilt tripping at it's very worst.

When you wear it, please remember all those who have died in the Armed Forces, even those who have died in service in Peacetime.

Thank you x

[dakyras]

[Gre]

Is it just me or are people on tv wearing poppies earlier and earlier every year? I have only just seen people selling them but in tv land they seem to have been wearing them for a couple of weeks.

Edited November 5, 2010 by Gre

[TheGayTent]

Is it just me or are people on tv wearing poppies earlier and earlier every year? I have only just seen people selling them but in tv land they seem to have been wearing them for a couple of weeks.

[sifi]

Let's get Halloween out the way, then Guy Fawkes, maybe then I'll think about Remembrance Day. Then its my birthday, 3 other good mates birthday's (with Thanksgiving dinner chucked in the middle ).

[ampersand]

If I could +1 you, for that I would.

[ampersand]

Thanksgiving? As in the American thing?

[Gre]

Thanksgiving? As in the American thing?

[sifi]

yeah, much like halloween is it not? least the version we celebrate.

[sifi]

Absolutely. I'm not American, but have had enough connections with Americans over the years to have got to like it.

[greenfairy43]