Posted on 11/25/2006 12:58:17 PM PST by BronzePencil
I remember one time in College some people were complaining about the Taco Bell dog, saying it was anti-Mexican.
I said: "I'm Irish, but you don't see me flipping out over the Lucky Charms guy."
Laughter.
Then silence.
LOL
In other news my company sent out an email informing us that our 'Secret Santa' would now be called 'Winter Wishes'.
My winter wish is to Sioux them.
Sarcasm Alert!
Hers is the voice of tyranny and oppression. Today, she and the other authorities of Darmouth find the nickname Fighting Sioux offensive. What will they find offensive tomorrow? There is no telling. These people will impose their standards, values, and ideas on all those who disagree with them. The marketplace of ideas has been shut down in academia, and especially in the Ivy League. Before long, they will be dragging those who hold different views into the streets and tossing them in reeducation camps. The only things missing will be the brown shirts and jackboots.
North Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" nickname is offensive?
Wait a dang minute - the Democrats are always "fighting" for the underdogs, the underprivileged, the underrepresented, the underwear.
Better check with North Dakota's Senators Byran Dorgan and Gaylord "Kent" Conrad and Representative Earl Pomeroy, for their "feelings" on this matter....before y'all go off fully cocked. (Sorry S.C. Gamecocks)
"There are also many people on this campus who are simply ignorant to the fact that chanting "wah-hoo-wah" or dressing up in mock ceremonial outfits is offensive to others. To these people, I would say stop and consider what you are doing. By dressing in an "Indian costume," for example, you are not merely having some innocent fun, but rather are using symbols that are sacred to Native peoples in a way that is completely sacrilegious and racist.
As a Native American student at Dartmouth, I have felt extremely unwelcome by people who support the Indian mascot. I, along with most other Native students, feel that the mascot is a sick joke made at our expense. It is bad enough that in the first 200 years that this institution existed, it averaged less than one Native student per year, despite the fact that one of the main tenets of its founding was to educate Native students. Now that we have an established Native American program at Dartmouth, those who support the mascot seek to use it to perpetuate their own feelings of racial superiority."- columnist Shaun Stewart
Until the 1970's they were the Dartmouth Indians, replaced with The Big Green.
At a recent Homecoming, a student sold t-shirts with a picture of the Holy Cross mascot "performing a sex act on the Dartmouth Indian".
How come you never see Norwegians suing over the jillion teams out there named, "The Vikings?".
Dartmouth.
Dartmouth AD: Drink AD. Boot AD.
...Oh, they meant the athletic director, not Alpha Delta Phi.
Yes, and I do realize that know, is spelled "k-n-o-w" and not "no". I just failed multitasking. :)
It's the Syracuse 'Orangmen' that troubles this Mick! That is truly offensive.
...and of course we have Toll House "crackers".
I want them named Toll House, "Flat, thin, unleavened, dry bread-like object".......and I'm going to hold my breath until I get my way.
I'm a Fighting Whitey fan myself.
http://www.robotwisdom.com/issues/whities.html
In the spirit of the University System, we should rename the mascot the Palestinian "Freedom Fighters". Fans can carry fake bombs into games to show their support. :)
If "Fighting Sioux" is offensive, how is Notre Dames "Fighting Irish" okay?
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