Considering the accusations are always made without a shred of evidence it would appear that in this case I have my opinion and am right as well.
You are correct Cherry made an accusation without a shred of evidence.
Considering the accusations are always made without a shred of evidence it would appear that in this case I have my opinion and am right as well.
You are correct Cherey made an accusation without a shred of evidence.
He didn't make an accusation and there is plenty of evidence.
Care to provide some evidence of his claim?
Sure walk around Canada.
Or are you claiming that all new immigrants are wearing poppies?
Don is saying it like it is, nothing wrong with it. It's just today's generation can't handle the truth.
Check the Poppies/60. You’ll find the truth.Still waiting for evidence to support his claim of "you people who come here" don't wear poppies at a higher rate than anyone else.
Sure walk around Canada.
Or are you claiming that all new immigrants are wearing poppies?
I’ll speak for myself. I look at what these people sacrificed, what they gave up, and I look at my life. Why did these people sacrifice their lives? For what? The least I can do is say thank you. I say thank you by wearing a poppy.How is he right?
Remembrance Day helped one Sri Lankan immigrant develop his Canadian identity
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- Amara McLaughlin · CBC News · Posted: Nov 11, 2016 4:33 PM ET | Last Updated: November 12, 2016
Vathanan Jegatheesan commemorated Remembrance Day this year by wearing the poppy close to his heart and participating in a moment of silence to remember the 117,000 Canadians who gave up their lives for their country. (Courtesy of Vathanan Jegatheesan)
Vathanan Jegatheesan was in the third grade when he first felt a sense of connection to Remembrance Day.
The 30-year-old immigrated to Canada in 1990 as a refugee from Jaffna province in Sri Lanka. His family was fleeing the country's civil war.
"I remember every November, more specifically around Remembrance Day, the teachers used to assign us the task of creating poppies with construction paper... and we used to cut it out and stick it around the walls," said Jegatheesan, whose family first settled in Toronto's Flemingdon Park neighbourhood when he was 4.
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"They had the poem In Flanders Fields in a poster all over the school. I remember reading it, I remember seeing commercials on TV that explained the In Flanders Fields poem, but I didn't understand the significance of the poem and the symbolism behind what the poem was talking about until we had members of the Canadian Armed Forces come to our school to give the presentation about the importance of Remembrance Day."
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Vathanan Jegatheesan says Lt.-Col. John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields' recited during Remembrance Day helped him develop a deeper understanding of his Canadian identity. ( Associated Press)
Flemingdon Park is a community made up of over 70 per cent new immigrants. Jegatheesan recalled on Remembrance Day 22 years ago, Grenoble Public School asked members of the Canadian Armed Forces to join their assembly at 11 a.m.
He told CBC News: "Everyone in that room was a new immigrant like myself." Despite that, "the soldier said that every person in that room is just as much Canadian as he is."
"It was was at that moment that I remember my first Canadian identity sparking in my young mind," he said. "I never felt like an outsider but it was at that moment when the soldier said that, that I felt a sense of pride, a sense of inclusion."
Since then, Jegatheesan says Remembrance Day "holds a special place in my heart."
"It reminds me of the freedom and the privilege that I have, that I necessarily didn't have where I came from, where a lot of people left in seek of refuge, and Canada accepted us with open arms."
I’ll speak for myself. I look at what these people sacrificed, what they gave up, and I look at my life. Why did these people sacrifice their lives? For what? The least I can do is say thank you. I say thank you by wearing a poppy.
The point is that there's plenty of people born here that don't respect Remembrance Day too. Why single out immigrants
But there are many people coming to Canada that don't integrate into Canadian culture. He made the point because it's the truth. He has a right to be frustrated and express his opinion without having his life ruined for it.I feel it's obvious he could have made his point without singling out a group of people and implying their putative action was worse than when non-group people did it. At the bare minimum no need to make it xenophobic.
I’ll speak for myself. I look at what these people sacrificed, what they gave up, and I look at my life. Why did these people sacrifice their lives? For what? The least I can do is say thank you. I say thank you by wearing a poppy.
The point is that there's plenty of people born here that don't respect Remembrance Day too. Why single out immigrants
The thing is he was targeting immigrants in particular. A LOT of people don't wear poppies, including white Canadians. He should have called out everybody.So I watched the video... and it didn’t seem that bad if at all?
Idk, I’m a second gen immigrant on both sides and I didn’t find anything really offensive. I thought he had gone really off the rails this time from what people were saying, but he’s just asking for people who come to this country to appreciate the sacrifice of those who allowed it to be and such by buying a poppy.
Seems like a huge uproar for nothing tbh.
Never said it didNot wearing a poppy doesn't equate to not respecting Remembrance Day.