[makomk]

The poppy doesn't even commemorate people who died in the war as a whole. It's specifically about the soldiers who were fighting the war and killing for it, and that's why it's politically controversial - the whole thing has jingoistic pro-war, pro-military overtones and they seem to have become more dominant over the years, especially after we helped invade Afghasnistan and Iraq and the British Legion decided to to make it a symbol of support for our soldiers there. Perhaps the best symbol of what it has become was the time the British Legion decided that a photo of little kids in "future soldier" shirts waving huge inflatable poppies was a good representation of the values the campaign represented...