redskins and the gov't

[el dub]

People want to change the name of the redskins



















No matter which side you are on in the matter of renaming the Washington Redskins, this is funny. This guy is hilarious...

   

Here is an e-mail sent to Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune after an article he  published concerning a name change for the Washington  Redskins.   He is right on...

       
 
Dear Mr. Page...   



I agree with our Native American population. I am highly insulted by the racially charged name of the Washington Redskins. One might argue that to name a  professional football team after Native Americans would exalt them as fine warriors, but nay, nay. We must be careful not to offend and, in the spirit of political correctness and courtesy, we must move forward.



                     

Let's ditch the Kansas City Chiefs, the Atlanta  Braves and the Cleveland Indians.  If your shorts are in a wad because of the reference the name Redskins makes to skin color, then we need to get rid of the Cleveland Browns.

   

The Carolina Panthers obviously were named to keep the memory of militant Blacks from the 60s alive. Gone. It's offensive to us white folk.

   

The New York Yankees offend the Southern population. Do you see a team named for the Confederacy?  No!  There is no room for any reference to that tragic war that cost this country so many young men's lives.

   

I am also offended by the blatant references to the Catholic religion among our sports team names. Totally inappropriate to have the New Orleans Saints, the Los Angeles Angels or the San Diego Padres.

   

Then there are the team names that glorify criminals who raped and pillaged. We are talking about the horrible Oakland Raiders, the Minnesota Vikings, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Pittsburgh Pirates!

   

Now, let us address those teams that clearly send the wrong message to our children.  The San Diego Chargers promote irresponsible fighting or even spending habits.  Wrong message to our children.

   

The New York Giants and the San Francisco Giants promote obesity, a growing childhood epidemic. Wrong message to our children.
             
The Cincinnati Reds promote downers/barbiturates. Wrong message to our children.

   

The Milwaukee Brewers. Well, that goes without saying. Wrong message to our children.

   

So, there you go.  We need to support any legislation that comes out to rectify this travesty, because the government will likely become involved with this issue, as they should.  Just the kind of thing the do-nothing  Congress loves.

 



   As for the Redskins name, I would suggest they change the name to  the "Foreskins" to better represent their community, paying tribute to the dick heads in Congress.

[ITSA426]

You know they could easily keep the name "redskins" if they would just change their mascot to a potato.

[Swampwing2]

Don't recall where I saw another response to this topic regarding all the military weapons with Indian names like Tomahawk missiles, Blackhawk, Apache and other helicopters, etc. It was quite a list. Maybe it was on this board somewhere.

[sunfire69]

What gets me is most native Americans don't care there is even an Apache high school team with the same name..... it's being driven by the the tribes in Upstate New York and New England...the ones making billions in their casinos and selling tax free gas and cigarettes...It's being driven by the current Chief of the Onida he has been complaining about it for years but now has the money and position to be heard and of course being Politically Correct is all the rage.....

[polywideblock]

fuck PC    

   its not just your country ,we've just spent the last 20 years renaming almost everything that was named by the first settlers over here back to their KOORRIE(aboriginal, they don't even like being called that )  names Ayres rock(oolaroo) is the glaring example   

[RallyeMike]

It's just a matter of time before one of the wealthy casino tribes buys them and renames them the Genocidal Honkies.

[sunfire69]

My guess that is a plan "B"....