Challenge to political correctness of the poppy

[David Brider]

As services of remembrance are held around the country, churches are being urged to acknowledge the 'political correctness' surrounding the red poppy, and make alternatives such as the white poppy, more widely available.

Writing in the largest Church of England newspaper, the Church Times, today (Thursday) director of the religious think tank Ekklesia, Jonathan Bartley, suggests that the white poppy can actually be considered more in keeping with Christianity than the red variety.

More here.

David.

 

[Naomi4Christ]

Except that the poppies that grew in Flanders' fields were the red kind

The red poppy helps us remember the ultimate price that was paid for our freedom. That is the point of Remembrance Sunday. We can focus on peace at other times.

We shall grow not old as they that are left grow old

 

[holysee]

Not every British soldier killed or injured in action did so in the cause of freedom. Our freedom was never threatened during the 1914-1918 war. Nor by the insurgency in Malasyia. The White Poppy remembers all the victims of war, soldiers and civillians, UK and foreign. No one killed or injured in war is unloved by God nor should they be unremembered by us.

 

[Celticflower]

Seems like a big fuss over a little flower. I, for one, have never seen a white poppy, only red and orange, and would probably not make the connection to Remembrance Day. And as Naomi pointed out, the red poppy is historically correct.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

Not every British soldier killed or injured in action did so in the cause of freedom. Our freedom was never threatened during the 1914-1918 war. Nor by the insurgency in Malasyia. The White Poppy remembers all the victims of war, soldiers and civillians, UK and foreign. No one killed or injured in war is unloved by God nor should they be unremembered by us.

The Red Poppy remembers heros, not victims.

 

[romanov]

Typical thinking of the times. Symbolism over substance.

 

[Eruliel]

Why not use the red poppy for both? I mean I know red poppies grow on flaunders fields...but why not make the red poppy a symbol of all the wars that've been fought?

 

[Naomi4Christ]

Why not use the red poppy for both? I mean I know red poppies grow on flaunders fields...but why not make the red poppy a symbol of all the wars that've been fought?

It is.