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We've put up a remembrance AB logo, I hope you like it
What is the current feeling about the poppy as a symbol? Should it be retired with the last serving WW2 veteran, or do you believe it continues to have significance as a symbol in other conflicts?
Does extending the symbolism do a disservice to those who served in WW2 by comparing their endeavours with the current conflicts in Afghanistan & Iraq (which are, I think universally agreed, fought for different reasons)?
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We've put up a remembrance AB logo, I hope you like it
What is the current feeling about the poppy as a symbol? Should it be retired with the last serving WW2 veteran, or do you believe it continues to have significance as a symbol in other conflicts?
Does extending the symbolism do a disservice to those who served in WW2 by comparing their endeavours with the current conflicts in Afghanistan & Iraq (which are, I think universally agreed, fought for different reasons)?
Spare Ed
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I agree, it's for all wars. Flanders Fields will epitomise the pointlessness of war for many years yet. How people will feel in the future, when nobody remembers anyone who fought in the Great Wars, remains to be seen - but the poppy is to remember soldiers who died in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, too. Long live the poppy, it's a solemn reminder that others fight so we can have this sort of discussion in our country.
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I rather like Answerprancers idea of a white poppy to promote peace, and I would wear both together. The red poppy to me stands in memory for all the wars that have been fought by our servicemen and women. From the relatively primitive conditions of WW1 and WW11 right through to the present day conflicts, each have been more terrible than the last. If I see a field of poppies I automatically think of our war dead.