[Livia]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

Um, you're someone I've always respected and gotten along with fine so I'd appreciate it if you wound your neck in and didn't bite my head off for posting my viewpoint. Especially if you're going to completely twist my words to suit whatever agenda it is your pushing.

Where in my post did I even suggest I "choose not to support troops". Please do find evidence of that because that's a really bloody insulting assumption to make with no evidence.

As for me referencing her past, my whole point is that it's ridiculous to make such a harsh judgement on someone for not wearing a poppy (and yes, the suggestion that people don't care about the troops if they don't wear a poppy is moronic) when you're hardly Mother Theresa. I have no qualms with judging someone who chooses to judge me.

Gosh, I always had you down as someone to have rational and respectful debate with. We all make mistakes, I suppose.

I saw no mention of support for our troops in your post, only outrage that someone who's had a questionable past feels strongly about wearing a poppy.

I find it hard to have a rational, respectful conversation with people who get more upset about a celebrity's comment than they do about the fact that our troops have to rely on public donation for support when they are wounded. It's an "agenda" I probably inherited it when my husband was caught in a roadside bomb in Afghanistan and later died of his injuries. The first people to contact me afterwards was the Army, the second was the British Legion. Long may people continue to support them... whether or not other people judge that they're wearing their poppies for some kind of status.