I am watching CBC's coverage of the US mid-term elections because they're slightly less annoying than CNN/C-SPAN/Fox/ABC/etc. All the Canadian News people are wearing poppy pins, which led me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole on how the poppy flower is a symbol for remembering military service members. It dates back to a WWI era poem, and also inspired France to do create a similar bleuet de France.

It also led me to this 2015 article in which some Canadians considered it "defacing" the symbol to use a safer pin design than an inches long stick pin. I'm just glad USians aren't the only that get mouth-frothing stupid about arbitrary symbols. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/remembrance-day-poppy-pin-that-won-t-fall-off-1.3311799

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Is it really controversial to be pro-peace and to not want civilian deaths?

Honestly, I wish white poppies were easier to get a hold of. Finally bought a batch after wanting some for years. More appropriate now than ever.

Remembrance day since 9/11 has just been pro war on terror propaganda and was pretty sickening for me going to school during those years. Got a bunch of friends and other people my age, killed and wounded in Afghanistan for nothing. For me thats what the red poppy reminds me of... that and the embarrassing fact that we need a charity campaign to keep care of our veterans. Maybe the government owes them better care?

How many deaths have we allowed in Ukraine, Gaza/Lebanon/West Bank/Syria etc... and Iran?

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