XPost: or.politics   
   From: auto43792@hushmail.com   
      
   lein wrote:   
   > On Oct 23, 9:05 pm, Bill Shatzer  wrote:   
   >> Gatt wrote:   
   >>> katu.com:   
   >>> "SALEM, Ore. - Fifteen Oregon high school administrators were invited   
   >>> Tuesday to weigh in on a proposed ban of their schools' Native American   
   >>> mascots - and they were not happy that they were brought into the   
   >>> conversation so late in the process.   
   >>> The opportunity came after 10 months of closed meetings by the department   
   of   
   >>> education, during which an advisory group recommended eliminating the   
   >>> schools' mascots and logos."   
   >>> What in hell are people thinking?   My high school mascot was the Lancer.   
   >>> Our rival was the Charger.   
   >> You drew your inspiration from Chrysler Corportion motor cars?   
   >>   
   >>> We don't have the freakin' British calling us   
   >>> insensitive or our mascots racist.   
   >> Neither Chargers nor Lancers are particular to the British.   
   >>   
   >>> The schools ought to tell the "advisory   
   >>> board" to go kiss its ass.   
   >> They'd be advised not to do so. The OSAA and the State Department of   
   >> Education can make things rather uncomfortable iffen they get it in   
   >> their minds to do so.   
   >>   
   >>> I guess the result is to just ban all symbols of native american heritage   
   >>> permanently.  Everywhere.  Screw 'em.  Instead of the kids being proud to   
   be   
   >>> a "Chief" or whatever, ban it all for racism until mascots are nothing but   
   >>> aggro-whiteboy heroes like Rebels, Raiders, Pirates, Vikings and the   
   >>> Richland Bombers.   Do they think that naming yourself after something   
   >>> culturally cool is somehow an insult to their culture?   
   >> It all depends, doesn't it.   
   >>   
   >> The "tommahawk chop" is pretty insulting.  As is the Cleveland Indian logo.   
   >>   
   >> http://www.clevelandseniors.com/photos/larrydolan/wahoo.jpg   
   >>   
   >> And then we've the Washington "Redskins".   
   >   
   >   
   > Certainly no more offensive than these   
   > http://tinyurl.com/29nbl7   
   > http://tinyurl.com/2hza6k   
   >   
   > Some people have nothing better to do in life than to be offended.   
   >   
      
   Hallelujah, brother.  Biggest complaint I have with the far left.   
   Loosen your girdle and learn to take a joke.   
      
   If they want their mascot to be a middle aged balding white computer   
   nerd, I'm certainly not going to be offended.  I'll be too busy laughing   
   my ass off.   
      
   --   
   "I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the   
   world, and do not find in our particular   
   superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike,   
   founded upon fables and mythologies."   
   		-- Thomas Jefferson   
      
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