Doubt that Ophelia had an attic, although that wouldn't be out of keeping with Hamlet and the general theme of depression. I'm assuming that won't be the tone of this blog, however. Unless things go horribly wrong...

09 November 2006

This is getting out of hand

How the utter hell have the colour of poppies become the province of religious idiots? We commemorate the dead, whose blood unquestionably flowed red. That's the symbolism of it - not to be tampered with or pulled into this madness in the press. It's not a matter of political correctness, it's a matter of biological correctness.

If one wears a white-centred poppy in honour of those executed with white squares pinned to their chests, then that's fair enough - that doesn't cheapen their honour or memory with religious claptrap.

Here's the link to the article on the BBC - see if it makes any sense at all to you:
http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6131464.stm

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