Why do some veterans refuse to wear the poppy?

Answer 1

Commonest reason I guess is "cant be bothered". But of the active non-wearers, the argument seems to center on not wanting to appear to support either existing wars or war centric policies of past governments, or more generally wish to avoid glorification of war. This is simpleminded tosh. Wear a poppy to commemorate those who died. They didn't have a choice. Their sacrifice was not a moral or political position made real. They were then the victims of political, moral, or human failure. Wear it to remember the individual dead, nothing else. And thank God we can no longer be required die for our political donkeys.

Answer 2

The poppies are a symbol of WW1 and Flanders Fields where thousands died. In England alone a million English soldiers died. Last year they placed a million ceramic poppies around the Tower of London each to represent a man who died. You can find pictures of this online and it really gives a sense of what a million men dead represents.

Answer 3

Generally the opinion is to remember soldiers who dies. However as the poppies generate some charitable income, the money is used to supplement the shortcomings of the government's less than generous care for veterans.

Answer 4

Irish Catholics do not wear the poppy because it is orange, the Protestant color.

Answer 5

The poppy is a symbol of World War I and veterans. It comes from a poem called In Flanders Field by John McCrae.

Answer 6

Because its based off a Poem and They hand them out for Memorial day