letter to the editor

Felinsha Youzchalveen
29 January 2013
felinsha@gmail.com
Jakarta Barat, Indonesia


                                     Dear Editor,

               It has come to my attention that there has been some serious world hunger problems happening around the world, especially in Africa. Although Africa is so far away from Indonesia, we can do something to try and stop world hunger. I think that Indonesian students can really help world hunger.


               In my opinion, Indonesian students can help a lot. If most of the Indonesian students just give 30% of their pocket money, it can make such a huge difference to those who are in need. If we can use the 30% of our pocket money, we can buy food, drinks, blankets and shelter to those people. But the problem is, we're selfish, incompetent and lazy.
 

                If we do these things, the world would be a whole better place not only for the people living in poverty, but also for us. Let's make this world into a better place!


Sincerely,
Felinsha Youzchalveen

white poppy

The white poppy is an artificial flower used as a symbol of peace, worn as an alternative to, or complement to, the red remembrance poppy for Remembrance Day or Anzac Day.

In 1926, a few years after the introduction of the red poppy in the UK, the idea of pacifists making their own poppies was put forward by a member of the No More War Movement (and that the black centre of the British Legion's red poppies should be imprinted with "No More War"). Their intention was to remember casualties of all wars, with the added meaning of a hope for the end of all wars; the red poppy, they felt, signified only the British military dead. However they did not pursue the idea. The first white poppies were sold by the Co-operative Women's Guild in 1933. The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) took part in their distribution from 1934, and white poppy wreaths were laid from 1937 as a pledge to peace that war must not happen again. Anti-war organisations such as the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship now support the White Poppy Movement.

Those who promote the wearing of white poppies argue that the red poppy also conveys a specific political standpoint, and point to the divisive nature of the red poppy in Northern Ireland, where it is worn mainly by the Unionist community. They choose the white poppy over the red often because they wish to disassociate themselves from the militaristic aspects of Remembrance Day, rather than the commemoration itself.

The Royal British Legion has no official opinion on the wearing of white poppies, stating that it "is a matter of choice, the Legion doesn't have a problem whether you wear a red one or a white one, both or none at all". However, opponents of the white poppy argue that the traditional red poppy already encompasses the sentiments claimed for the white poppy, such as "remembering all victims of war", and consider that it undermines the message of remembrance. In the 1930s, when the white poppy was first established, some women lost their jobs for wearing them. Others are concerned that the money raised by the white poppy appeal may affect the funds raised for the Royal British Legion by the red poppy appeal.

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source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_poppy_(symbol)