There is an ongoing debate with people on the pacifist/social justice side of the fence as to whether they should wear a poppy on remembrance day or not. Some opt out altogether, some wear a white poppy, some choose to wear a red one, but in commemoration of the soldiers and their sacrifices, not in glorification of war. I do not wear a plastic flower, but not for those exact reasons.
Those who wear one in honour of the soldiers' "sacrifices", should remember the white power soldiers canada sent to Somalia, where they killed African teenagers, and photographed themselves stupidly grinning with the dead bodies, or that fucker lewis mackenzie, who was sharing drinks with genocidal serbian soldiers, and later repeated the incredibly insulting lie about how the Bosnian side were "shelling themselves". Of course. Perhaps they were committing genocide and mass rape against themselves also? Rumours persist to this day amongst the local populace about him having local girls(forced into sexual slavery) sent to his apartment. He later went on a speaking tour (sponsored by serbnet), where he repeated the lies and propaganda in favour of the aggressor. And now the asshole is called a fucking hero, and has a highway named after him in ontario. And lest we forget russell williams, who at one time was also called a hero, at least until he got caught raping, torturing and killing women in his own neighbourhood, never mind whatever he did in foreign countries.
And no, I cannot support the role canadian troops are playing in Afghanistan. They are in a support role for the fucking yanks, who are only there to secure someone else's natural resources, and nothing else. No one is there for womens' rights, or any other human rights issues. It's all cosmetic. The Islamists still play a huge role there,and women are no safer there (or here) than they were before.
I also do not believe that troops died so I can "enjoy the freedoms I enjoy today." I do not think that they(consciously) went off to die in WWI so that I could be deceived by rich politicians, and have the incredibly enlightening "right" to vote for some asshole who is going to fucking steal from the people again, and again.
You will never see a plastic red (or white) flower on me. Here's your hero.Support the troops.
Those who wear one in honour of the soldiers' "sacrifices", should remember the white power soldiers canada sent to Somalia, where they killed African teenagers, and photographed themselves stupidly grinning with the dead bodies, or that fucker lewis mackenzie, who was sharing drinks with genocidal serbian soldiers, and later repeated the incredibly insulting lie about how the Bosnian side were "shelling themselves". Of course. Perhaps they were committing genocide and mass rape against themselves also? Rumours persist to this day amongst the local populace about him having local girls(forced into sexual slavery) sent to his apartment. He later went on a speaking tour (sponsored by serbnet), where he repeated the lies and propaganda in favour of the aggressor. And now the asshole is called a fucking hero, and has a highway named after him in ontario. And lest we forget russell williams, who at one time was also called a hero, at least until he got caught raping, torturing and killing women in his own neighbourhood, never mind whatever he did in foreign countries.
And no, I cannot support the role canadian troops are playing in Afghanistan. They are in a support role for the fucking yanks, who are only there to secure someone else's natural resources, and nothing else. No one is there for womens' rights, or any other human rights issues. It's all cosmetic. The Islamists still play a huge role there,and women are no safer there (or here) than they were before.
I also do not believe that troops died so I can "enjoy the freedoms I enjoy today." I do not think that they(consciously) went off to die in WWI so that I could be deceived by rich politicians, and have the incredibly enlightening "right" to vote for some asshole who is going to fucking steal from the people again, and again.
You will never see a plastic red (or white) flower on me. Here's your hero.Support the troops.
