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Baseball Mascot Gets New Name After 'PorkChop' Is Deemed Offensive
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| 12/3/2007
| AP
Posted on 12/04/2007 9:06:18 AM PST by weef
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To: weef
"How much longer before major grocery stores are sued because they sell a product named with this derogatory word?" The 'P' word?
(That's not fair, the 'N' word did all the work in the early days of out-lawing words.)
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posted on
12/04/2007 3:52:22 PM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: ansel12
According to the article, this is why it was deemed offensive.
“Guillermo Lopez, vice president of the Latino Leadership Alliance, said he was called “pork chop” when he worked at Bethlehem Steel decades ago.
“If my parents were alive, they’d be having fits,” said Lopez, among those who complained to the team. “It meant much more to them than it does to Puerto Ricans now in the Lehigh Valley.”
So one guy was called “pork chop” as a kid and he deemed it offensive to himself and complained.
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posted on
12/04/2007 4:14:56 PM PST
by
MissouriConservative
(We accommodate other cultures at the expense of ours.)
To: SUSSA
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posted on
12/04/2007 4:20:12 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Proud father of a 10th Mountain veteran. Proud son of a WWII vet. Proud brother of vets, Airborne)
To: gimme1ibertee
He deserves the day off,dontcha think? :)
Caught it dintcha? LOL!
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posted on
12/04/2007 4:47:48 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Visions of sugarplums dancing in your head are probably caused by bad drugs.....)
To: rwa265
PorkChop had been submitted by 32 fans. The replacement name, Ferrous from the Latin word ferrum, or iron received the most fan nominations, with 235.
I wonder why they didnt pick ferrous in the first place. Isn't that offensive to Latin Americans?
>smirk<
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posted on
12/04/2007 6:37:39 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: weef
I must be missing something. What has Pork Chop got to do with Hispanics?
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posted on
12/05/2007 7:54:20 AM PST
by
DeLaine
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