[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Livia

Alongside the soldiers (and sailors and airmen and women) who die leaving dependants and the ones who are terribly physically injured and need support forever, there are those who've developed mental illness as a result of their service and mentally they never really leave the battlefield. Lots of those with mental illness end up living on the streets. They have been failed generation after generation.

But hey, if remembering these people annoys you because some people wear the poppy as a status symbol, then you opt out. Never mind the millions who wear them as a show of support... you focus on the few airheads who think wearing a poppy gives them some status. And when you do choose not to wear a poppy, remember that it's the British Forces who've fought for your freedom to turn your backs on them.

I donate money. Wearing a plastic poppy is not going to fix any of those problems, they do nothing, it's the money that matters. I do not need to wear a poppy to respect the armed forces, I don't feel the need to show off to other people and if they judge me for that then they need a hobby.