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More Mascot Nonsense (my title)
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Posted on 10/25/2001 9:33:30 AM PDT by wbill
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:38:29 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: Dakmar
Change the name from the Fightin' Irish to the Wussie Irish and I think there will be some kind of outcry.
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posted on
10/25/2001 11:27:51 AM PDT
by
oyez
To: Crusader Rabbit
I am very impressed with your extremely high standards. If only more people had the same moral fiber......
All too many fall into the 'Well, it's there anyway so I might as well take advantage' group. Or the 'gimme gimme gimme' group.
Or the 'All white people are racist pigs so I'm getting what I deserve' group. Lot of those out there, too.
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posted on
10/25/2001 11:28:34 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: oyez
Change the name from the Fightin' Irish to the Wussie Irish and I think there will be some kind of outcry.I always thought "The Pukin' Drunk Irish" would be good, but I've been told I'm a bit weird.
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posted on
10/25/2001 11:50:10 AM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: wbill
All too many fall into the 'Well, it's there anyway so I might as well take advantage' group. Or the 'gimme gimme gimme' group.
Or the 'All white people are racist pigs so I'm getting what I deserve' group. Lot of those out there, too.
True enough, but look what that has wrought. Most resevations today are stricken with the full range of modern social ills [all of which seem to be most abundant where socialistic government programs are aimed]. The few who bring themselves up from there by honest means are considered (by popular culture) to be aberrant when they should be considered heroic.
In the face of the ample perverse incentives of our popular culture, it is fair to expect that you will be able to find plenty of people who succomb.
The reality is that most American Indians are very patriotic [note that in my family we have always put "American" first]. You wouldn't believe that if you relied on the "facts" offered by academicians.
To: Crusader Rabbit
By "succomb" I mean "succumb".
[bad fingers! bad!]
To: 07055
The nickname of the St. Cloud team is the "Huskies." Dogs have nothing to do with it! They're clearly trying to insult fat little boys who have to bear the taunts and name-calling of their caloricly efficient school-mates. St. Cloud State are Avoirdupoist Swine!
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posted on
10/25/2001 1:08:09 PM PDT
by
Gumlegs
To: wbill
F them. They either take the team as it is, or they FORFEIT.
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posted on
10/25/2001 1:10:55 PM PDT
by
Timesink
To: wbill
The best
Non-PC mascot
West Virginia Mountaineer:
white man
with a gun
who celebrates by FIRING that gun
whose motto is Montani semper liberi, meaning
"Mountaineers are always free."
Hard to get less PC than that.
To: GuillermoX
Did they also petition the Minnesota VIKINGS and the NFL to have their own hometown team change its name?Yeah, when I was touring Ireland I learned that the locals use "Vikings" in a derogatory way, such as when they see a particularly bad driver coming, "Watch out, it's a Viking!" "Vikings" is obviously a term of hate speech.
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To: KillerWabbit; Crusader Rabbit; Psycho_Bunny; Snow Bunny; Jessica Rabbit
And Wisconsin has Jessica Rabbit
To: FreeTally
Sports teams are generally named after something fierce, tough and hard to defeat,My junior high was called The Horned Toads. It was embarrassing.
To: wbill
Howz bouts the "Gay Minority Native American AIDS Victim Endangered Species" for a team name/mascot?
To: cdwright
I remember when even the Stanford 'Indians' was banned. This new level of PC police is getting absurd. Now just to mention a minority is off-limits. What a joke.
To: LoneGOPinCT
The point of a mascot is to be a source of pride and honor for the team. Generally they are strong or awe-inspiring ... [post #7]
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I see what you mean (image from federal trademark database).
To: afraidfortherepublic
You SHOULD be afraid. Once the Bunny Brigade takes over and I'm crowned Emperor Bunny/Supreme Overlord of the Universe, all the rest of you are going to be good for is fetching us carrots and scratching us behind the ears.
To: berserker
I wish these leftist demogouge/academicians would just attend one of the big pow-wows. Until they've seen it for themselves they would never believe how many "Chief Wahoo" images are displayed. Seems like a lot of the regulars are Cleveland Indians fans.
To: LoneGOPinCT
I'm still trying to figure out how the Mariners wound up with a moose for a mascot.
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posted on
10/25/2001 3:54:30 PM PDT
by
tomakaze
To: Psycho_Bunny
Borrowing a line from Bob the Dinosaur
"Don't charismatic leaders usually turn out to be egomaniacal, philandering sociopaths?"
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