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gayalondiel_bakSupporting the Armed Forces; or, Why I Wanted To Give an Army Cadet a Clip Round the Ear.
I am very proud of the fact that in my circles, Remembrance Day is a big deal. Most of my friends have poppies of some kind on their clothes, Facebook pages, Twitter userpics, Livejournals, and so on. Many of them have posted in the last couple of days about those from their families who have gone before. I find this admirable, and more so because mostly I know these people have a bit of an idea of what they're talking about.
Some don't.
I am very proud of the fact that in my circles, Remembrance Day is a big deal. Most of my friends have poppies of some kind on their clothes, Facebook pages, Twitter userpics, Livejournals, and so on. Many of them have posted in the last couple of days about those from their families who have gone before. I find this admirable, and more so because mostly I know these people have a bit of an idea of what they're talking about.
Some don't.
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Date: 2011-11-15 09:39 pm (UTC)Supposedly for the right reasons, but with some misguidedness, the "Poppy Police" mentality now abounds in a way it never used to, and has led to, for example, the BBC having to be sure to have poppies on everyone several weeks early to avoid complaints about disrespectful missing poppies (such as lack of poppies on the costumes of the dancers (but note not absent on the presenters) on Strictly last year or the one before) - yes a trivial example, but of something more widespread and important.