I've come to the conclusion that the original article/statement/whatever it was from Ekklesia was just very badly written. On the BBC boards everyone's getting het up about the words "article of faith" because they're interpreting it as the guy saying the red poppy is a religious thing whereas I think he meant faith with a little f which it sort of is. And the PC thing I can sort of see too (if you don't wear one then you get shouted down a bit as happened when Huw Edwards had on the wrong jacket or some similar explanation last week) which has a similar feel to a lot of PC/non PC arguments.
It's just all a bit, as if they haven't researched white poppies and haven't really thought what the words they are saying will mean to people... Possibly I can see their point and occasionally I do feel a bit odd wearing a red poppy but to be honest my solution is to buy one to support the RBL and then not wear it. It mostly makes my head hurt.
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Date: 2006-11-09 07:26 pm (UTC)It's just all a bit, as if they haven't researched white poppies and haven't really thought what the words they are saying will mean to people... Possibly I can see their point and occasionally I do feel a bit odd wearing a red poppy but to be honest my solution is to buy one to support the RBL and then not wear it. It mostly makes my head hurt.