[Margaret Pilkington]

Education?
What kind of education are you suggesting?
Doesn't a Remembrance Day focus the mind on what went before?
Do you really believe that Hitler and his ilk could have been stopped by pleadings.
And how do you refuse to fight for your country when you are conscripted?
Your answer really shows that you, yourself have a very simplistic view of things and a poor grasp of what actually went on.....so you really need to educate yourself about the history of the two conflicts before you come and tell us that there has to be a 'better way'.

I grew up seeing the aftermath of WW2.....with a father who, because of his involvement in that conflict, was too ill to support his family.
I was lucky. My father survived. Many children lost their fathers. How can I forget this...or the fact that he fought for freedoms which we take so much for granted.
So my poppy is for the memory and respect for those men who gave everything for their country.