Their view on the PPU white poppy is this (well, this was last years press release)
"The Legion has no objection to any group expressing their views, nor in principle to white poppies. However, the Peace Pledge Union, which sells the poppies, does have a political message “Remember and Disarm”, which is not appropriate at the time of national Remembrance, which should be above politics. The PPU should choose another time of year to make their statement and not seek to ride on the back of the red poppy, which commemorates those who died for the freedom which we all enjoy, including, the right to free speech"
Which is a bit weirdly worded as they're saying free speech, but not on 11/11.
The poppy is not PC, in fact it's been criticised in the last few years and people have refused to wear it because of the Iraq war, Yamin Alihibi Brown (suspect I mis-spelled that) refused to wear it from 2003 until this year.
I'm disappointed in Ekklesia, they always seemed a more rationale Christian think tank.
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Date: 2006-11-09 05:00 pm (UTC)Their view on the PPU white poppy is this (well, this was last years press release)
"The Legion has no objection to any group expressing their views, nor in principle to white poppies. However, the Peace Pledge Union, which sells the poppies, does have a political message “Remember and Disarm”, which is not appropriate at the time of national Remembrance, which should be above politics. The PPU should choose another time of year to make their statement and not seek to ride on the back of the red poppy, which commemorates those who died for the freedom which we all enjoy, including, the right to free speech"
Which is a bit weirdly worded as they're saying free speech, but not on 11/11.
The poppy is not PC, in fact it's been criticised in the last few years and people have refused to wear it because of the Iraq war, Yamin Alihibi Brown (suspect I mis-spelled that) refused to wear it from 2003 until this year.
I'm disappointed in Ekklesia, they always seemed a more rationale Christian think tank.