Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
About these bands... you mean like this:
Well, those photos (they don't show in your post but I looked 'em up at the site) are definitely disgusting (especially on the vodka bottles) but it doesn't mean that the idea behind it is bad. Most people treat it with respect, I hope... Why assume at once that if someone attached it to the car antennae, they do it purely out of "herd feeling"? Maybe they do actually understand and care?...

As far as I know, veterans in Great Britain wear poppies on Remembrance Day. I suppose it's a better and much less controversial choice than our bands. The idea is that it creates a feeling of unity.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day