I'd have no problem wearing the pink ribbon for breast cancer (have one on the car), or wearing the shades for the Guide Dogs or a daffodil on Daffodil Day (I sell them on Daffodil Day, along with the pins, trolley coins etc).
But I don't think it's fair to equate these with the sale of Easter Lillies nowadays, however. If it only represented commerating those who made the ultimate sacrifice in 1916, I'd wear one. Two even. But anytime I saw tham being sold it was by people who had strong SF or IRA connections and, personally, I wouldn't want to have anything to do with either. I'm not sure what connection modern day SF/IRA have with those who died in 1916.
I know who supplies the daffodils, shades, pink ribbons on the relevant days but where do the Easter Lillies come from and who supplies them these days? A genuine question. This in no way a dig at any earlier post, all of which are well made points. Does anybody know?