http://paulsgraham.ca/2008/11/07/getting-ready-for-remembrance-day-2008-meditations-on-a-poppy/ Communications, politics, peace and justice Sun, 27 May 2012 12:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paulsgraham.ca/2008/11/07/getting-ready-for-remembrance-day-2008-meditations-on-a-poppy/#comment-102 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:15:43 +0000 http://paulsgraham.ca/?p=242#comment-102 I always wear the poppy for the very reasons you eloquently stated. But I am really struck and saddened by how Nov. 11th ceremonies have taken a far more militarized tone in the last many years. It’s more “support the troops” than “remember the fallen” and that is depressing. That’s not what I would call a Canadian trait.

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