White Poppies Are A Mockery

(**groan**)

I heard on the news last night that a store in Edmonton, Alberta is selling white poppies. White poppies are said to represent the quest for peace.

This is ridiculous. Red poppies are designed to help us remember those who lost their lives during war, it doesn't represent support for war. In my mind, white poppies have no place on anyone's lapel as we approach Remembrance Day.

Choose a different day to celebrate peace. But choosing to use Remembrance Day to commemorate peace using a white poppy is a mockery.

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