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    “You people ... that come here, whatever it is, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey,” Cherry said. “At least you could pay a couple of bucks for poppies or something like that. These guys paid for your way of life, that you enjoy in Canada.”

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    Default Re: Anonymous Poll. Was Don Cherry's "you people come here" comment offensive?

    I think the poll should have been worded 'offensive'. Not offended.
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    Default Re: Anonymous Poll. Was Don Cherry's "you people come here" comment offensive?

    Is your question, was I offended or was the comment offensive? Those are two completely different questions.

    The comment was definitely offensive yet I was not offended as I don't care at all what any body says about me so I am very difficult to offend.

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    If you were offended by Cherry, or considered it offensive, I would recommend you avoid Chapelle's latest comedy show "Sticks and Stones."
    You'll be traumatized for months, maybe years, and will probably have to quit your career for a while.
    And there's nothing wrong with that.
    Some people believe in "Sticks and Stones." Some don't. I personally think society would be better off if more people did, but who knows.

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    Default Re: Anonymous Poll. Was Don Cherry's "you people come here" comment offensive?

    Poor choice of words, just like the incident itself.

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    Thinking of starting a second poll:

    Firing of an 85-year-old man after years of warnings regarding his inappropriate conduct at work:
    Are you offended? Yes / No

    There's so much reaction to how "triggered" people were to Cherry's comments--I think the real overreaction has been to those who feel all of their freedoms are being taken away because an entertainment company made a business decision to protect what is certainly a target demographic (non-traditional hockey fans).

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    He just wanted everyone to buy a damn poppy!!!!
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    Taken from a sample size of people who really enjoy hockey...

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    What do you hope to prove with this poll data?
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    Quote Originally Posted by evans334 View Post
    What do you hope to prove with this poll data?
    I assume the hope was that there was indeed a "silent majority", like Don Cherry suggested, that agreed with his statements.

    Of course a poll on a hockey website is not a great way to achieve this, and even still it looks like it's not bringing about the desired result.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Axeman33 View Post
    He just wanted everyone to buy a damn poppy!!!!
    Excatly!!!

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    Intent and impact are two very different things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by evans334 View Post
    Intent and impact are two very different things.
    Exactly! Whatever message he wanted to convey was swamped by the words he chose.

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    All, I stand by my wording. I was arguing in the other thread that I am shocked people were "offended" by his comment. And yes the small sample size according to my poll is proving that people are in fact offended by such a minor comment. Lastly people saying I don't understand how a poll on a hockey website means anything should read the below.

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    Default Re: Anonymous Poll. Was Don Cherry's "you people come here" comment offensive?

    Next we're going to have a poll to determine whether or not the wording of this poll is offensive


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