Do We Have To Hear From The Poppy Police Every Year?

[sp1814]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/a-poppy-fell-off-and-the-poppy-police-are-out?utm_term=.lqJl8d0nd#.qxjBaVXZV

[bednobs]

my response would have been the same - i do not give a flying fig who wears a poppy or not, and would not even notice

[Mamyalynne]

AOG, my response remains the same on these threads every year.

I take my stance from both my own standpoint and that of the RBL.

[ludwig]

Actually, I think it's perfectly reasonable to want to know why in a team photo of 16 people, 15 of them are wearing a poppy and 1 isn't.

Forget the fact that it's the bloke with the bushy beard. It'd be strange if it was any of them.

[ludwig]

To clarify, I personally don't care if people want to wear a poppy or not - it's entirely up to them. I hate the bullying of TV presenters etc who dare not to wear one.

However if 15 out of 16 people in a highly staged team photo are wearing a bobble hat (for example) surely it wouldn't be unreasonable for people to ask - 'Hold on, why is one of them not wearing a bobble hat? - what's that about?'

[Khandro]

How much do these poppies revenue, and where does it go?

[jno]

bobble hats big and prominent, poppies quite small; you really have to check everyone to spot it.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/poppy-appeal-2017/what-is-the-poppy-appeal/

[Khandro]

My mother was a WWII widow and she died 8 years ago aged 94. There must be many millions raised each year, 255 British soldiers died in the Falklands and I hope their widows are well provided for, but who gets the millions left?

[ludwig]

//bobble hats big and prominent, poppies quite small; you really have to check everyone to spot it.//

It still begs the question though - why one out of 16?
If anyone involved in staging the photoshoot is going to tell us they just didn't notice, I think they're lying.

[vulcan42]

Here's one area where the Royal British Legion spend their money.
http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-support/care/care-homes/

[Peter Pedant]

// my response would have been the same - i do not give a flying fig who wears a poppy or not, and would not even notice //

yeah but no but
you still care a fig about the people they represent
and that they would still defend you in a war
shoot terroristen blah blah blah instead of er you
(they shoot the terroristen so they they (t) dont shoot you)

so you would like the service
but dont give a toss about who gives it ( so long as it is not you)

tell me if I have got this wrong

[bednobs]

caring or not about who wears a poppy or not has nothing to do with my feelings on war, and who provides my country's milliatary service

[jno]

I think they're lying

I don't. I don't think this is like a Vogue cover shoot where every hair is checked. It'll be more like class photos at school where they just tell you to arrange yourself by height, sit up/stand up straight and smile.

It they had noticed, they would simply have photoshopped it in, the work of 30 seconds.

[douglas9401]

When remembering, it bears remembering that lives were laid down so that people could have the choice of wearing a poppy or not, even in the face of criticism by the trolliest Twitter troll or anyone else who thought their opinion to be the most valuable thought ever.

[Khandro]

I still can't find answers to my simple questions; how much is raised in total, how much goes in support, and how much goes into administration?

[naomi24]

Khandro,

http://media.britishlegion.org.uk/Media/9244/the-royal-british-legion-annual-report-accounts-2016.pdf

[Baldric]

I find it amazing in this day and age that some folks don't appear to have access to Google and have to ask others to do their research for them.

[Khandro]

Thank you naomi.
Baldric; Perhaps you are missing the point of this site.