[Exeter]

Speaking of state universities, for a real education in the California mind-set, go over to the website of San Diego State University. Home of the Aztecs, the school is in the process of changing the mascot for their games. Below are the recommendations that the committee are suggested to use in making its decision;

1. Utilize a mascot, other than Montezuma, that is an appropriate figure from Aztec culture.

2. It may be appropriate to use humans as mascots, depending upon how they are portrayed. Any human mascot must wear authentic and accurate attire as befitting the individual he/she represents.

3. Use of headdress, weapons (such as spears) and other parts of the mascot's regalia must also be representative of items that would actually have been used by the person(s) the mascot is designed to depict.

4. Dancing and other behavior displayed by the mascot must also befit the person(s) the mascot is designed to represent.

Now understand, they specifically state that "...the university would retain its affiliation with Aztec culture and traditions and would continue to use Montezuma as a symbol of SDSU". So SDSU will retain its "offensive" Indian name and will still use Montezuma as the school's symbol, but out on the football field they will have their politically acceptable stand-in. What hypocrisy!!

BTW, how many of you out there know of another "appropriate figure from Aztec culture" besides Montezuma?

[BlueLancer]

"BTW, how many of you out there know of another "appropriate figure from Aztec culture" besides Montezuma?"

How about someone with their heart cut out?

[Channel_Islands_EANx_Diver]

BTW, how many of you out there know of another "appropriate figure from Aztec culture" besides Montezuma?

Cortez?