A little sanity returns to the courts!
1 posted on
10/01/2003 10:16:04 AM PDT by
Pyro7480
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To: Pyro7480
Interesting. I still believe it is a disparaging mascot, but the courts have spoken. back to work....
2 posted on
10/01/2003 10:18:46 AM PDT by
Lunatic Fringe
(I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.)
To: Pyro7480
Weren't they the Duluth Eskimos at one time?
3 posted on
10/01/2003 10:19:32 AM PDT by
akorahil
To: Pyro7480
I understand the argument, but it's not meant to demoralize people. It's actually meant to praise them.
4 posted on
10/01/2003 10:19:54 AM PDT by
rs79bm
To: Pyro7480
At least they don't call themselves the "Washington Savages," or the "Washington Firewater Drinkers."
7 posted on
10/01/2003 10:21:04 AM PDT by
My2Cents
(Well...there you go again.)
To: Pyro7480
yay! thank God for that too, otherwse the Fighting Irish would be sued by Irish people, and the Falcons would be sued by birdwatchers!
8 posted on
10/01/2003 10:21:29 AM PDT by
MacDorcha
To: Pyro7480
Actually, I have always believed that the name was disparaging as well as the Canucks.
When the Redskins were formed in Boston, there were similar sentiments conveyed when they chose that as their name.
9 posted on
10/01/2003 10:21:58 AM PDT by
HEY4QDEMS
To: Pyro7480
![](http://www.redskins.com/images/lefttop.jpg)
Washington Redksins BUMP!!
10 posted on
10/01/2003 10:22:22 AM PDT by
jgrubbs
To: Pyro7480
This has much more to do with economic and political clout than it does with justice. "Redskin" is racist in any context.
11 posted on
10/01/2003 10:23:09 AM PDT by
Kleon
(To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.)
To: Pyro7480
Well, while I personally find the term "redskin" as offensive as if someone called blacks "BlackSkins", or asians "YellowSkins", I never could see the point of making a federal case out of it...
12 posted on
10/01/2003 10:23:59 AM PDT by
Chad Fairbanks
(<Tag>Something unspeakably clever</Tag>)
To: Pyro7480
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
found the litigant's case to be smelly
so Washington wins
sing "Hail to the Redskins"
And go put some beer in your belly
15 posted on
10/01/2003 10:27:52 AM PDT by
ko_kyi
To: Pyro7480
I'd imagine that the court's ruling would've been different if the team in question were named the "Yellowskins" or the "Blackskins."
17 posted on
10/01/2003 10:30:16 AM PDT by
Mr. Mojo
To: Pyro7480
It would have been a pity if we lost the Redskins fight song.
"Hail to the Chestnut Shirts" would not have worked.
To: Pyro7480
These are the two most popular jackets worn by
Indians on the Flathead Indian Reservation where I am employed.
![](http://www.race-it.com/NFL/redskins.jpg)
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To: Pyro7480
Miami University (OH) used to be the Redskins. But they bend like a wet noodle and changed to the Redhawks. Which, from my general guess is a red hawk. Though I did a quick search and there is hundreds of Indians sites related to the name "Redhawk". THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!! Jk.
27 posted on
10/01/2003 10:38:15 AM PDT by
smith288
("The key to our success will be your execution." -Scott Adams)
To: Pyro7480
I guess the Vikings now need not worry about changing their name. I myself would have no problems with a team being named Palefaces.
These lawsuits are absurd. Naming these teams is actually a compliment. Even the Irish have not objected to "Fighting Irish." No one would name a team "The Fighting Pedophiles" or "Raging Rapists."
29 posted on
10/01/2003 10:39:21 AM PDT by
Dante3
To: Pyro7480
All this controversy makes me hungry. Think I'll go get some Oriental food, and after debate the judge's decision with my Negro neighbors.
30 posted on
10/01/2003 10:40:59 AM PDT by
quark
To: Pyro7480
"The lawsuit began in 1992 when seven American Indians, led by Suzan Shown Harjo...."also known as the Thinskins...
32 posted on
10/01/2003 10:44:03 AM PDT by
Hatteras
(Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
To: Pyro7480
We should just refer to them as Gregg Easterbrook at ESPN.com does...the "Potomac Drainage Basin Indiginous Persons"
34 posted on
10/01/2003 10:47:59 AM PDT by
TheBigB
("Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats." --P.J. O'Rourke)
To: Pyro7480
Heck, I think it's a shame. Think of all the fun we could have had thinking up a more, er, "topical" name. I'm thinking the Fighting Kennedy Scubadivers, maybe...
To: Pyro7480
Somehow a match of The Cowboys vs. The Chesapeak Watershed Region Indigenous Peoples loses some of its luster.
36 posted on
10/01/2003 10:49:20 AM PDT by
.cnI redruM
(redruM's Advice -- When impersonating an officer, NEVER call for back - up!!)
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