Comments on: Remembrance Day http://davidhelbig.com/rememberance-day/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael Lonergan http://davidhelbig.com/rememberance-day/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Michael Lonergan Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:31:26 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=990#comment-414 Global News had an interesting story on this last night. It talked about the origin of the wearing of the poppy, but went on to talk about a challenge that the soldiers of both wars could not have imagined. That is, how the poppy plays a central role in the war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is the world leader in producing heroin and opium, derived from poppies. Canadian and US Troops are mandated with destroying these crops, which are the sole source of income for the villagers. The challenge is to build trust with these people, and try to wean them off of the money from these crops, and have them farm other crops. I find it interesting how this symbol of remembrance has become a source of contention in a very different era. Global News had an interesting story on this last night. It talked about the origin of the wearing of the poppy, but went on to talk about a challenge that the soldiers of both wars could not have imagined. That is, how the poppy plays a central role in the war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is the world leader in producing heroin and opium, derived from poppies. Canadian and US Troops are mandated with destroying these crops, which are the sole source of income for the villagers. The challenge is to build trust with these people, and try to wean them off of the money from these crops, and have them farm other crops.

I find it interesting how this symbol of remembrance has become a source of contention in a very different era.

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]]> By: Luis http://davidhelbig.com/rememberance-day/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Luis Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:30:03 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=990#comment-404 I didn't know about this holiday!! I didn’t know about this holiday!!

]]> By: Ana http://davidhelbig.com/rememberance-day/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Ana Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:43:19 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=990#comment-402 Thank you for sharing this! It is good to learn about other traditions for this day that we in the USA call Veteran's Day. Thank you for sharing this!
It is good to learn about other traditions for this day that we in the USA call Veteran’s Day.

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