"U. of Mass. Mascot, ''Minutemen,'' Offensive to Some" (barf, retch, hurl, blood pressure, alert)

ChronWatch ^ | 8 MAY 03 | JIm Sparkman

[ladyjane]

Right you are! And the town of Amherst is named after Lord Jeffery Amherst who killed all the indians. He gave them blankets that they had used to wrap small pox victims. So why doesn't Amherst change its name? Oh, I forgot, Massachusetts already has a town named Clinton.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

The typical Minuteman was a Organic vegetable eating, unarmed transgendered black lesbian woman in a wheelchair.

My teacher told me that too. You forgot that they weren't typically "black" they were African warriors that had been tricked into slavery and later rose up against their oppressors to free themselves and then the frightened Americans. Later they were tricked again into slavery by deceitful white men with rifles that took their spirit, their culture, and the name MinuteMan from them.

There was a whole chapter about it in our textbook by Micheal Moore.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

Mascots should be taken from the Brave New World..

Alphas, Betas, and so forth. Let everyone know their station in life...

[TheBattman]

I assume that you noticed the sarcasm......

[eddie willers]

For one thing, the women's teams are called the Minutewomen

Why not the:

[ChuckMartelRox]

"Minuteperson is specist, implying that humans are better than any other species. The correct term is Minuteorganism."

Sorry, I'm a rock collector and I'm offended by the exclusionary term "Minuteorganism". What about all the inorganic material on the planet?

[Lazamataz]

Sorry, I'm a rock collector and I'm offended by the exclusionary term "Minuteorganism". What about all the inorganic material on the planet?

Good point. How about "MinuteMatter"?