There must come a point when even the horrors of the world wars will be so far in the past that commemorating them feels an affectation.
When, do you think, does the whole Remembrance Day thing start getting a bit, well, weird?
On the face of it, this might seem like a stupid question, because in a very real sense it’s already got extremely weird. Pressure on anyone in the public eye to wear a poppy, and social media abuse for anyone who declines, have both been a factor for years. But this year especially the whole thing has moved …read more
Source:: New Statesman
