Things aren't what they used to be

[mudskipper]

“We’ve chewed the dirt and dodged the rockets, are you going to tell me to wear a poppy? I’m a veteran, I’ll decide” | an alternative view

Here's an alternative view.

[vetran]

I think it's used to give them more dignity, not to make it easier to hear?

Its a cross between sanitising it so the horrors of war are hidden and giving them dignity depends who says it. Hence the poetry.

[quackhandle]

Its a cross between sanitising it so the horrors of war are hidden and giving them dignity depends who says it. Hence the poetry.

Studied Owen (and Brooke, Sassoon, efc) during my a levels, the only poetry I've actually enjoyed reading. Powerful stuff.

qh