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Originally Posted by Playfair
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This makes me feel bad, like everyone is ganging up on an old man going senile.
I'm an immigrant. I'm going to miss Coach's Corner. Not for the analysis, just the nostalgia factor.
Cherry should've apologized, maybe then he would still have his job; that was never going to happen though. Still I really wish he wasn't fired on this specific day.
Cherry shouldn't have been divisive in his rant. It does sound like he saw a lot of non-white people not wearing poppies, and assumed they're immigrants being ungrateful. I know some (Asian) people in Toronto, they're not all Canadians, some are permanent residents, international students, people on work visa. It would be nice if they donated, but I don't blame them for not wearing poppies. They don't really have a duty to do so. We as Canadians should be leading by example. I did notice fewer people wearing poppies this year. Let's not forget this tradition.
Anecdote: in my family of immigrants, one person became a Canadian citizen, never bothers donating to the Legion; one never applied for citizenship, buys a poppy most years.