Since this group is piggy-backing on the icon-status of the Remembrance Day Poppy, what's to stop other groups? Will the environmentalists claim the green poppy? Will the Feminists lay claim to the pink poppy? Sure, why not? These groups care less about what the original poppy stands for than pushing forward their own cause. I heard one veteran say that that was their right, that was part of the reason he fought and saw many friends die.
So, looking into my crystal ball, here's Prime Minister Stephen Harper giving a speech just prior to Remembrance Day 2008:
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I'm going to put a multi-coloured star on top of my Christmas tree this year in honour of the Save the Children of the Whales Wish Against Drunk Driving Breast foundation. There'll be a collection box by the door.
It seems that people have forgotten the tradition and roots of the poppy after only a few decades after the last world war.
Next year, I'll make a mauve poppy to help remind others to wear the red poppies.
Darwin are you going to put a star of David on top of your christmas tree?
Darwin does not observe Christmas.
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