Don Cherry vs. The Godless YVR Commies

[JakeYYZ]

A newly formed Vancouver-based group is challenging Don Cherry to a debate on Coach's Corner to offset criticism that the fiery commentator is using Hockey Night in Canada to promote militarism and the war in Afghanistan.
Hockey Fans for Peace plans to rally outside the arena during tomorrow night's Vancouver Canucks game against the Detroit Red Wings at Rogers Arena in Vancouver to make the point that hockey fans have the democratic right to speak out against the war in Afghanistan.
Spokesman Kimball Cariou said Wednesday the group is calling on the CBC "to either stop the promotion of militarism during hockey broadcasts, or else to allow one of its members to debate Cherry during an upcoming Coach's Corner.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Ant ... z1BQo5v8Fr

Cherry is the only Canadian "personality" to support our troops and cops, the rest usually support the perpetrators. I'm all for the debate. As long as Cherry can have the following people on his side of the table:
-- A veteran disabled from an Afghan land mine
-- The widow of a fallen Afghan veteran
-- The 6'6' deceased veteran's brother who is ready to snap the neck of a Commie.

[flyinggreasemonkey]

I say bring it on...Cherry would bury them in a debate.

[Hedley]

Oh God, I hate it when I agree with Don Cherry. Next thing you know, I'll be shopping for my suits at the same store

PS fights belong in the boxing ring, not on the ice. They are unnecessary if the ref is awake and calling the penalties. When was the last time you went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out?

[Changes in Latitudes]

Oh God, I hate it when I agree with Don Cherry. Next thing you know, I'll be shopping for my suits at the same store

PS fights belong in the boxing ring, not on the ice. They are unnecessary if the ref is awake and calling the penalties. When was the last time you went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out?

For discussion sake, what level of hockey did you play?

[cdnpilot77]

PS fights belong in the boxing ring, not on the ice.

Or in the misc forum, I mean around the water cooler

[Hedley]

what level of hockey did you play?

Pretty much right on the ice.

[cdnpilot77]

what level of hockey did you play?

Pretty much right on the ice.

[Dash-Ate]

A newly formed Vancouver-based group is challenging Don Cherry to a debate on Coach's Corner to offset criticism that the fiery commentator is using Hockey Night in Canada to promote militarism and the war in Afghanistan.
Hockey Fans for Peace plans to rally outside the arena during tomorrow night's Vancouver Canucks game against the Detroit Red Wings at Rogers Arena in Vancouver to make the point that hockey fans have the democratic right to speak out against the war in Afghanistan.
Spokesman Kimball Cariou said Wednesday the group is calling on the CBC "to either stop the promotion of militarism during hockey broadcasts, or else to allow one of its members to debate Cherry during an upcoming Coach's Corner.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Ant ... z1BQo5v8Fr

Cherry is the only Canadian "personality" to support our troops and cops, the rest usually support the perpetrators. I'm all for the debate. As long as Cherry can have the following people on his side of the table:
-- A veteran disabled from an Afghan land mine
-- The widow of a fallen Afghan veteran
-- The 6'6' deceased veteran's brother who is ready to snap the neck of a Commie.

What not have an actual liberated afghani citizen in the debate, to show how much good the West has done over there? Surely we owe them a minute of airtime on our free press?

Russia and the west has spent so much time in their country, doing stuff, yet we never hear a peep from an actual citizen? Does this seem strange to you, we only hear scripted stuff ?

I for one would like to hear their side of it. Nothing to be scared of. Are we in afghanistan for the afghani people, or for don cherry'?

[rigpiggy]

Face up looking at the pretty stars I'll bet

[Hedley]

[Changes in Latitudes]

what level of hockey did you play?

Pretty much right on the ice.

I see...so houseleague it is.

[cdnpilot77]

What not have an actual liberated afghani citizen in the debate, to show how much good the West has done over there? Surely we owe them a minute of airtime on our free press?

Russia and the west has spent so much time in their country, doing stuff, yet we never hear a peep from an actual citizen? Does this seem strange to you, we only hear scripted stuff ?

I for one would like to hear their side of it. Nothing to be scared of. Are we in afghanistan for the afghani people, or for don cherry'?

Dash, I find myself agreeing with you again...although I am certain of my feelings at the conclusion, I would be very interested in hearing from citizens actually living the war without fear of reprisals from the local militias.

[Hedley]

hearing from citizens actually living the war

but not if they only ever played house league.

[cdnpilot77]

hearing from citizens actually living the war

but not if they only ever played house league.

true

[Hedley]

It's not easy being a Sens fan.

[Dash-Ate]

I will try to be a good boy and limit my opinions on here

It comes down to trust. Some of my immediate family escaped from communism behind the iron curtain before it was lifted. We should not blindly trust the people in any uniform. History has shown that it goes bad in most countries.
So that is why stuff bothers me so much, it is so similar to what I have heard that happened.

If I thought for a second the rich guys who run the country and world were looking out for me....

[Hedley]

We should not blindly trust the people in any uniform

Yeah - look where it's got me, as a Sens fan

Did you watch that video above? Just plain embarrassing.

[cdnpilot77]

It's not easy being a Sens fan.

or a Devils fan

[shitdisturber]

What pisses me off about these idiots is the automatic assumption that Don supports the war in Afghanistan. I don't know one way or the other but I suspect he probably doesn't. What Don does support unfailingly is the troops; the people that go where they're ordered to go by various uncaring, manupulative, political parties; and sadly and inevitably die for political expediency as a result. While I don't necessarily agree with a lot of things he does say on a wide range of topics; what he does for the people in uniform, as someone said, the only one who does, earns him my respect and thanks.

[Siddley Hawker]

Cherry is the only Canadian "personality" to support our troops and cops, the rest usually support the perpetrators. I'm all for the debate. As long as Cherry can have the following people on his side of the table:
-- A veteran disabled from an Afghan land mine
-- The widow of a fallen Afghan veteran
-- The 6'6' deceased veteran's brother who is ready to snap the neck of a Commie.

And maybe this young lady also.
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.s ... rs_cu.html

[Hedley]

What Don does support unfailingly is the troops

Well, I hope it works out better for him than my unfailing support for the Sens. I think they're playing house league this year

[shitdisturber]

What Don does support unfailingly is the troops

Well, I hope it works out better for him than my unfailing support for the Sens.

It can't help but work out better for him. The troops are way better than the Sens at fighting and scoring.

[Hedley]

Sure, but can they sing?

[Dash-Ate]

Is Cherry grandstanding and using them just so he can get a senate position (appointed) in the coming years?


Is it safe to say that being a paid soldier is just a job these days, and now that Canadian troops are in a combat role someone could use them or hire Executive Outcomes or Blackwatch (XE), also paid soliders? They are being paid to fight for an outcome. This much is clear.
What do you think or am I off base here?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Outcomes


If something was wrong in my city you bet I'd join to defend it or I'd do what I could (resistance, like putting sand in gas tanks...)
You would not need the media to convince me or sell me on war! If my city was being overrun or my safety was at risk, we'd all pitch in to defend ourselves. It's just common sense!!!

We have lost common sense with our nanny states, no-bid contracts, kickbacks to contractors, and media paid for by them.

[The Old Fogducker]

Finally ... Dash Ate made a post that at least has the aroma of common sense. Unfotunately still falls short of a real meal of common sense served on a platter.

Dash, your sentiments of fighting for your city and way of life would be way too little and waaaayyyy too late if you wait til your city is in the process of being overun by "The Godless Hordes" going door to door slitting throats and raping every female before killing them. Then they drag every male between the ages of about maybe 10 and 70 out into the street and machine gun them ... leaving the bodies in the street to rot as an example to all who can see.

Our long held doctrine of killing "those people" over there before they get onto our continent to surround your city and for the very first time in your life prompt you to think there finally is somebody in the world who is evil, and really do want to kill you.

Fighting them well before they are gang raping your daughter before slowly slitting her throat while you're forced to watch is an infinitely more sensible plan in my way of thinking .... but that's exactly the kind thinking and action you think is unwarranted .... doubtless because you think that dropping some water into a gas tank, or stuffing a potatoe into an exaust pipe would cause "those people" to decide its time to go home so we can all just live in peace and sit around the campfire having a sing-along right?

There really is evil and tyranny in the world Dash..... and it really is the right thing to do to kill them.

The Old Fogducker