We all have choices, preferences, things we agree with or not and have to be different. Many are vehemently against all wars but most of those still support the boys doings the jobs none of us would dream of doing. So as a collective, if someone chooses not to do this they are effectively taking a stance against it. Why? How can you possibly not support a collective thankyou at the very least to an obscene amount of people that died so we can enjoy all the niceties in life including huge salaries for kicking a ball about. Good God, can't even give a moment to wear a sticker!
It's not about giving to charity really, I never bought a poppy (mostly because we didn't find any where we went) so I didn't directly support the charity. What struck me was when they read out the names. There are just over a thousand people living in my village now and the vast majority of houses were built in the late seventies. Between 50 and 60 names were read out as dying from the parish in WW1, it had to be half the village back then. If the village lost that many people now in would be devastating, back then..........? I can't even begin to imagine. Anyone so ungrateful for what they gave their lives for doesn't deserve anything at all.