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i haven't seen any lil old ladies selling poppies around here, but i've seen a few wrinkled old men selling poppies.

hmmm i should've given you a poppy today. i have tons pinned up in my room, though i'm a lazy ass and didn't wear one this year

they were in the bio building.. and the arts and umm place riel and stuff.. i didnt see any in thorv tho

i have mine on right now

i would have been wearing this all month so far, but i didnt get one till yesterday.

I want a poppy, but I can't find anybody selling them for some reason...

oi, man. in canadian studies we had a whole lecture about the poppy and its significance and how wearing a canadian poppy for rememberance day doesn't necessarily symbolize your support for the military and for war but rather your support for peace and appreciation for what was done in the past... ack... i could write an essay. actually i'll probably have to at some point.

but anyway, this being my very first rememberance day in canada, i can't answer, as i haven't decided whether to get one yet.

i'be noticed something over the last little bit and i'd like you guys to correct me if i'm wrong.

In America you have Vetrens Day, which is paying respect to your current and deceaced vetrens. And basically being proud of what they did for your country.

Here in Canada we have Remembrence Day it also is for respecting our military men and women and the sacrifices they made for our country, but a HUGE part of it is based on talking about the atrocities of war, and the negative effects. I can't quite remember the phrase that's used ( ) but it's something along the lines of how the world should never forget the horrors of war lest we make the same mistakes again. Or something like that in a much more poetic style. At many of the ceremonies i've attended there's also time spent remembering the horror's the Japanese lived through in Hirroshima.

It seems to symbolize where Candadian ideology and American's differ. While both are respectful one is more pride and one is more remembrence. Perhaps it is because of how many more losses Canada had in each war, perhaps it is just a way of thinking.

Canada had more losses in every war? Interesting...

It just depends on your family. Ours mostly just remembers the dead. Whether they died in a war, or any other way. Mostly it's just a trip to the cemetary and a remembrance bit. *shrugs*

I got one last year, in Montreal, and I think I still have it. So I voted yes, even though I can't find it.

uh huh... i always wear a poppy

they don't sell em where i live

thats because its not how we do in the U.S., around Pittsburgh, every school just takes a day off, except for mine, and we have to stand around the flag pole at 7 am in the morning when its below freezing.

i don't wear them ..
i just don't like them ..

I seriously couldnt find one this year. Our school is huge in the whole drama thing, so every second year we have a big show to commerate rememberance day...it was pretty good this year, less of a "this-is-why-you-should-feel-bad" kind of thing, and more an abstract on the effects of war.

But serioulsy, I am never, EVER watching a play with a bunch of grade 9s again, I swear. (I was in an 11 class when the 10s went, and a 10 class when the 11s went) They were just fucking dumbasses. Whenever someone died, or something else emotional happened, they'd say some stupid comment really loud. At the end, when the lights went out and there was this moment to just reflect on what we had just saw, some kid yelled "PENIS" I wanted to reach over and punch him. I dont understand why some teenagers have the need to never take the suffering of others seriously.

hey, you know what i just realized? Our school didnt have an assembly or 2 mins of silence today. I think thats the first time its ever happened to me...

And Sean, its "Lest we forget" It's my MSN name right now.

you beat me to it yannic.. i wanted to use that as my nick..
im gonna change mine tho

and as for the grade 9.. you shouldve punched him.. or kicked him in the balls.. i dont really advocate that kinda violence.. but that kid needs to learn a lesson

ah that was it........to bad certain nations don't seem to get the point nudge nudge

You seem to forget we were at war with afgahnistan not so long ago ourselves, so we too are guilty of such


11:11 is in 5 minutes. I think I'm going to take 2 minutes of silence myself. I just somehow feel the need to, after all these years.

I see not wearing a poppy somewhat disrespectful, unless you couldnt get one.

It's not about having an opinion on war or anything its respecting and acknowledging the people that worked and died to get where we are now.

people can show their respect by other means instead of wearing a poppy.

It's up to the individual person. The only thing I see as truly disrespectful is those fucking grade 9s *beats them over the head* i mean...violence is BAD

Dr. Hobo wrote:me either lori.. everytime i saw the nice old ladies sellin them i didnt have any money
and now i cant find any lil old ladies selling them

you shouldve searched harder you son of a ... wait
you saying bad things about my mom?!?
I KEEL YOU. KEEL YOU DEAD LIKE umm DEAD THINGS.