Please may I have a rant?

Having just walked through Central Station a day before Armistice Day I saw few poppies being worn and a collection being made for a worthy cause, but not in association with "the fallen". I was horrified to see that this other charity's publicity stand was obscuring the memorial for those who had fallen in war and in particular it was obscuring the words "Lest we forget".

How is this allowed?
How is this acceptable?
All the day before Armistice Day!

I may be over sensitive but I have flown too many coffins out of Iraq to stay silent.

Let us not forget!