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Princess
I didn't know the NCAA had given the teams a deadline. It will be interesting to see if Utah and Florida change their mascots.
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 11, 2005 at 5:38 PM
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I'm going to be the Asshole
Tolerance is just another way of saying allowing something to happen, exist, or what-the-fuck-ever. Fuck tolerance, how about we try to understand? Makes more sense to understand and empathize with someone than to allow it without fully understanding the situation.
As for the team names, how about we all grow up a little bit, wipe our asses with politcally correctness, and quit this hangnail bullshit. Hey, double standards offend me, but oh fucking well.
Life sucks, get a fucking helmet. - Denis Leary. God bless him.
posted by
Psycho.Skinny
on August 9, 2005 at 2:35 PM
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You go Tiger!
It never ceases to amaze me what people have the time to bitch about! What in the world could be discriminating about having a powerful, victorious team named after you? My guess is, years from now, when some people see that there are no teams named after them, they'll want to know why, and start suing people because they aren't seen as suitable for powerful, victorious team mascots...
posted by
NCwriter
on August 8, 2005 at 7:13 AM
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princess
This controversy has been around for a while. Stanford used to be Indians (God knows why?). Now they are Cardinal--and have a tree for a mascot. St. John's was Redmen (like twodog). Now they are Red Storm. Marquette was Warriors. Now they are Golden Eagles (taking the name of a noble bird in vain). Many others have dropped their native American names, including Miami of Ohio, formerly Redskins, now Redbirds (there they go direspecting birds again!). Now consider these variations: A Native American intra-mural team named themselves "The Fightin' Whites." Then there are "The Flying Jews", "The Anglo-Saxons", and "The Militant Blacks." How about "The Scrappin' Mexicans" or "The Radical Evangelicals"? Isn't it fun? Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on August 7, 2005 at 6:54 AM
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tigerprincess
That means that next year I will not be attending the Scottish Highland Games, but just the .....er.....Games?
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 7, 2005 at 6:45 AM
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It never ceases to amaze me how some teams come up with their names. I'm not up to par with USA teams, but some Australian ones are really weird!
posted by
Ca88andra
on August 6, 2005 at 10:49 PM
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Yea, I'm not the only one!
posted by
tigerprincess
on August 6, 2005 at 9:23 PM
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Tiger,
It's ridiculous. Yeah, his time would be better spent removing the stick...lol...
posted by
SincerityAnna
on August 6, 2005 at 6:17 PM
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