School faces a devil of a complaint

Baltimore Sun ^ | 10/9/01 | Staff

[Ice-D]

For four years, Catonsville High's Class of 2002 has used a little red devil as its mascot. Now, after a single complaint, the school's seniors are wondering if they'll have to give it up.

It all started during the finale of last week's homecoming "spirit week" competition. With eyes on the $50 prize to the class with the best-decorated hallway on Friday, seniors spent hours hanging red and silver balloons, construction paper flames, cardboard cutouts of their smiling devil and signs asking, "Can you handle the heat?"

[Ice-D]

I guess Political Correctness goes both ways...lets hope this kid doesn't go on to play b-ball for Duke!

[Valin]

Proof that Christians can be just as dumb as non-Christians.

[Niagara]

Ever get the feeling there are way too many people with way too much time on their hands?

[Wm Bach]

Not to mention the Jersey Devils, or a stint in the USMC as a devildog - you know those satan worshipping bulldogs with helmets? Come to think of it, firefighters are satan worhippers too, since "Taz", the Tazmanian Devil adorns many a fire apparatus.

How about those satan worhippers in that beer commercial... the one where it's snowing in hell, much to the dismay of a beffudled satan because some cheapskate is buying a round for everyone? Geez, he's everywhere! We better just all run, scream, flail arms about...

[Niagara]

Just thought about something Rush was saying yesterday. Paraphrasing; we can tell how blessed we are as a nation by the types of things we argue about. Most people in the world are just trying to stay alive, we have time to argue over foolishness.

[dpa5923]

Proof that Christians can be just as dumb as non-Christians.

As a Christian, I must completely agree with your statement. People can be idiots.

[Valin]

Fortunatly(for your humble servant) salvation is based on WHO you know not WHAT you know. What's the saying, Please be patient, God is not finished with me yet.

[cake_crumb]

Everything we see and do anywhere is offensive to someone, somewhere. Some people really need to get a life.

[Brookhaven]

There are a significant number (but not majority) of Christians that take the spiritual world very seriously, and avoid any association with the Devil or spirits. They avoid Halloween, tarot cards, fortune tellers, mediums, ouija boards, etc... Part of this line of thinking is that the Devil (and other evil spirits) should not be used as mascots, because that is creates an association with the Devil and portrays him in a positive light.

Becuase they take their religion seriously, they are not nuts. They are just serious.

[TontoKowalski]

Anyone else see a play on words with the choice of mascot for one of the other classes? The Blue Bulls...

LMAO at the high school wit who came up with that one! I'm sure it was the run-away winner in the election for their mascot!

[B Knotts]

The "Twizzlers"?!? Is the idiot suggesting that perhaps thinking of selling team names to corporations? I can see it now: the Main High School "Excedrins".

Egad, this is a dumb story all round.

This person is very nearly as bad as the person in California trying to stop the school from displaying "God Bless America." One person ought not to be able to spoil everything for a whole school based on a rather silly complaint. Whatever happened to the "reasonable man" standard?

[seabass1]

Anyone else see a play on words with the choice of mascot for one of the other classes? The Blue Bulls...


I think if they should be complaining about any of the mascots it should be the Blue Balls. Unfortunately the person who is complaining about the smiley devil mascot probably has know idea why the kids chose "Blue Bulls"

[Boxsford]

I agree with you here. Of course if a Christian was so offended by this event--why isn't that Christian parent offended by the curriculum and textbooks that promote the religion of humanism in the public schools?

[Jack Wilson]

To fit the PC pattern correctly, a satanist would have to complain that using the red devil emblem offended him.

[TontoKowalski]

Becuase they take their religion seriously, they are not nuts. They are just serious.

They may be serious, but they are also selfish. As in "I must make everybody bow down and submit to my view, or I claim the right to be offended, and if I'm offended, then everyone must bow down and submit to my view."

Also in category of selfish: People who are offended at the sight of an American flag and people who whine about prayer at a football game.

My personal pet peeve: Selfish a-holes who drive down the road with their stereo on full blast.

[Junior]

I guess the Marines will have to give up their "Devil Dog" moniker now ...

[joelmc]

I think they're selfish, and they also don't understand the teachings of their religion very well. I'm a Christian, but that doesn't mean I'm supposed to be afraid of every little thing involving a devil [or a CARTOON of a devil.] Christians are taught that we have victory over the devil, so what should we care about mascots, etc.?

[Darnright]

>Unfortunately the person who is complaining about the smiley devil mascot probably has know idea why the kids chose "Blue Bulls"

Aw, that's easy. They chose the name because they all wanted to be like Paul Bunyan's buddy, "Babe". Ok, ok, Babe was an ox, but it's close...

[LJLucido]

I hope the cafeteria doesn't serve deviled eggs or devil's food cake.