Why are so few people wearing poppies?
968083
i hate to say it but i think people are caring less\n\nits a sad state of affairs when we forget what these people did and do for us\n\ni live in another country now and i STILL wear mine....i even make a point of thanking the vets that sell them for standing by us when we needed them and its nice to see their faces when they see how much they are appreciated by someone not even originally from thier country (obviously my accent gives me away)\n\nmaybe more needs to be done to educate youth about what happened in the last century and how much we have now and owe to those that fought
460868
No. We're not big on flag waving and dfeinitely not in school. Uniformed youth groups like the Scouts do it. Where did you find Brits that don't know the national anthemn?
749315
It is a red poppy, made of paper. \n\nThey are made and sold by the British Legion, who are an ex-military servicemens' welfare  charity. \n\nThey are sold on the street prior to Rememberance Day, which is November 11th.  It marks the day on which the Armistice which ended World War One was signed in 1918. The symbol of the poppy is taken from the poppies which grew all over the battlefields on the Western Front in France  \n\nThe tradition of wearing poppies to mark Remembrance Day started just after that war ended, but has since come to mark respect for all those who have died fighting for the country in all wars.
700484
There's a lot of people who listen to emo out there. I drove by my old high school the other day, and saw a legion of emo kids in horn-rimmed glasses and too-tight concert tees, so that's not particularly special or unique.\n\nMaybe this sounds a little pessimistic, but I don't think many of us are special. Unique, maybe--we're all just humans, we each have our own little quirks and whatnot, but that in no way makes us special or any better than anyone else. Special people are the ones that make history, the ones that cure diseases, the ones that create art that's talked about for centuries.
856236
The poppy is red and should stay red. It was the only thing that grew on the bloody fields of Flanders and still do. The poppy represents remembrance. \nI wear my poppy with pride and thanks for all the service men and women who have given their lives or injured serving in the forces, not only the ones in the world wars but for the others in other conflicts and serving now. \nThe money raised does not only help the old but the young as well, plus their families.\nI remember the braveness of my Father who fought at Arnhem ( who was injured and Pow) and the man that gave his life trying to protect him, also my Grandfather who fought in every major battle in France. They were lucky, they came back. Plus all the ones now putting their lives at risk in Iraq and Afghanistan now.\nI have given my time for 18 years selling Poppies, now with the help of my children. Would I do the same for White Poppies? No way. What Charity are they and where does the money go? Who know????? \nI will wear my red Poppy along with my Fathers medals at a christian rervice on Sunday with pride...
256964
There are not enough of them...
446354
Folk music is not popular these days. This is natural because folk songs are the pop music of previous eras. However, it is interesting that if we sing in pubs or parties we rarely sing current pop music.\nAnyway, it is not only for ageing people. It’s part of the cultural heritage that must be preserved, just like we must preserve today’s pop music for the future. (Yes, even the crap songs.)
795943
As this year the 11th fell on a Saturday, my children who are 12 and 8 and I observed the 2 minutes silence outside tescos whilst selling poppies.  I could not believe people were still trying to buy poppies during that time.  I had already told the children to ignore anyone who tried to speak to us.  I was accused of being rude, when I explained what we were doing they still said I was rude. Tescos did announce the silence, but many customers did not join in, cars and buses still drove past.\nI think the nation should stop.  When my 83 year old mother was a child everything and everybody stopped, the country came to a complete stand still, but there again war was still very fresh in peoples minds.  The silence is not just for veterans of the world wars but for all military killed or injured on active duty, as they still are today.
345819
because they can.\n\nbecause in the sex driven world of pop culture, role models are forced to reveal more and more of themselves just to make an impression. so hordes of followers, unwitting and otherwise, remove their clothes in an effort to attain the elusive goal of the norm
958600
Because they like it more...?  Fashion?
1044276
Guys in Scotland wear kilts, which are skirts. I don't know if this is just a myth, but I heard that some of them wear NOTHING underneath. EEEWW!
988955
To some ppl it is like putting up a flag to other "freakies" that they are one. I think it is a waste of time to put that much effort into your looks, esp. to look so weird. The look is music-based, so that has something to do with it. The whole mindset is industrial-music based anti-mainstream (which is no longer true) with drug overtones. It is not common to come across a goth that doesn't do drugs or at least drink. This is another reason to put up the "flag"- drug connects. They also are (for the most part) elitist...and kinda snobby. That is also an appeal for some people\n\nMost grow out of this Goth thing by their mid twenties at the latest. The ones that don't are the ones you should REALLY look out for.
460423
They're fine by me.  They don't always wear black.  In fact, you don't alway know a real goth when you see them.  They're goth because of their point of view, which accepts the good and bad in life, not how they dress.
651772
maybe they don't even wear them.  To busy having everyone kiss their asses, they don't have time to expose it to have someone kiss it.
1005573
I believe it's because they think it looks "cool" or "hip". In reality, they look like fools. They also often claim it makes them "unique". However, it's not unique when everyone is doing it.
1067205
In some places there are, like Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland and possibly Wales they have their own kilts. (My great grandad designed the Cornish one!)  But in the centre of England we don't really have a national costume no.
11322
Young ones are curious. Sex is something rare. If everyone is naked and sex is casual. We would think about clothes.