>> One thing I don't like at this time of year is all the outrage about
>> people wearing or not wearing a poppy.
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It's strangely reminiscent of the "white feather" phenomenon in the first world war - attempting to shame people perceived as shirking into doing their patriotic duty.
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I take NoFM2R's point that the original photographs still exist and have not been altered, but it is the published ones that will capture the attention and become fixed in the mind as the "proper" ones.
A little bit like correcting photographs of models and celebrities to smooth out wrinkes, sagging flesh, waistline, etc.
Where will it end, once you accept the legitimacy of altering a photograph to increase its "relevance" to the modern age? What about erasing images of people now considered non-PC who happen to appear in group scenes? The Eastern bloc were prolific exponents of that - Trotsky eliminated from the famous shot of Lenin haranguing the crowd, Dubcek removed from the photograph of government ministers.
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