Really, that's... I mean, "peace"? How can they...

Really, that's... I mean, "peace"? How can they...

However, Col Richard Kemp said that state schools should not be spending taxpayer money on promoting white poppies to pupils.

“If teachers are getting involved in school time or using their professional position, paid for by our taxes, to indoctrinate children in this movement, that is wrong,” the ex-army chief said.

That's right - or rather wrong: You are supposed to indoctrinate them for my side, not theirs! It's so simple: I am right, they are wrong!

Col Kemp, who previously led a campaign to recognise the sacrifice of British troops killed and wounded in action, added: “The red poppy, Remembrance Sunday and everything around it - these are institutions of the state and that is our tradition. It is right that schools should sell red poppies and take part in this.

See? I am right, they are wrong.

“The poppy is not a political hobby horse; it is a means of raising money for the welfare of soldiers and for the families of soldiers who have been  killed, it has a specific purpose which is not political.

Ah, dear colonel, but that is a deeply political purpose: It puts part of the costs of a war outside the budget, directly on the shoulders of the common people. Those, who don't profit from a war in any way.

That makes it easier to start a war, because wars become cheaper. And the dear colonel can get himself a new medal and later maybe a consultancy job for a military contractor...


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/10/14/peace-campaigners-accused-indoctrinating-childrenas-teaching/