“Indian” mascots – appropriate or not?

[micki76]

Originally posted by andrea_NMAggie
Dare I ask what you'd rename them as?

Nope. I'd get scalped if I did!

Wow, that was b a d.

[Karen]

Well, you'd have to be careful and considerate of history. Say, for example, the Micmacs (where my bit of Native American heritage comes from) played against the Nipmucs (the tribe that inhabited my hometwon before white folks settled it (the third time) I'm pretty sure the Nipmucs would "slaughter 'em" every time. They wiped out the first two attempts by immigrant white folk to settle my town ...

and, by the way, our high school teams were "Pirates" - but with our orange blazers and black pants, we called ourselves the marching pumpkins!

Hey, I know! Lets rename all teams with the names of diseases or bacteria - far more deadly than Pirates, "Indians" or Vikings, and more successful over the long run!

"Gooooo Small Pox! Yeah!"

[micki76]

Originally posted by Karen
Hey, I know! Lets rename all teams with the names of diseases or bacteria - far more deadly than Pirates, "Indians" or Vikings, and more successful over the long run!

"Gooooo Small Pox! Yeah!"

LOL

Headline:

Anthrax kills Small Pox 21-14!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Karen


Hey, I know! Lets rename all teams with the names of diseases or bacteria - far more deadly than Pirates, "Indians" or Vikings, and more successful over the long run!

"Gooooo Small Pox! Yeah!"

Hmmmm, sharing a mircroscope with 64,999 other fans would take some getting used to.

In my best howard cosell voice......


"The Pox are immune to the Anthrax' attack!- Listen to those fans!!!The atmosphere here in the Dome is infectious...!"

[mugsy]

Originally posted by RICHARD
Hmmmm, sharing a mircroscope with 64,999 other fans would take some getting used to.

In my best howard cosell voice......


"The Pox are immune to the Anthrax' attack!- Listen to those fans!!!The atmosphere here in the Dome is infectious...!"

OMG....That is so BAD!! You make me laugh Richard....

[Pam]

Originally posted by Logan
Soledad, You, who make jokes of those who are illiterate, or can't speak proper English, should be careful who you defend.

So true Logan. It's called talking out of both sides of one's mouth. Oh and let's not forget, this is the person who taught her dog all of his tricks in the first day she got him.

[aly]

Whoa guys I know Kate did not mean for this thread to go in this direction. I'm afraid to even say my opinion on this topic now

Anyway, my high school mascot was a Highlander. I thought he was pretty cool, but other schools had fun teasing us about our mascot being a guy in a "skirt" (kilt).

[RICHARD]

lol,

being a deist and a recovering catholic.....

this bugged me...

Moi???

offended???

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/bobblehe...tjesbobhe.html


My horror aside-- don't you think Jesus deserves a QuarterBack Number, as opposed to a kicker???

Quarterbacks are real men......Kickers are wussies.

[RICHARD]

and if that wasn't enough to shake my being to the core...

http://www.catholicshopper.com/produ...t_statues.html


Come on...........

Hey Jesus, you better change your robe before your mom sees you playing in your school clothes.

My favorite is 'layup Jesus'.....

White men can jump.

[Kfamr]

LMAO. Those are hilarious!

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Oh Richard.
Those are HILARIOUS! I like the football one.

[wolf_Q]

There was a big debate recently here about renaming a high school mascot...they were the "Red Devils." People thought that was portraying a bad image to the children. If I remember right, the mascot name has been around since the school was built...they were named after some company (cement maybe?) that donated supplies to build it. I'm not sure if they ended up changing it or not.

I was a Viking in high school...now I'm a Wolverine. I want to be the mascot at the school my mom works at, they're the Huskies!

A college here has an Indian mascot, the University of Utah Utes. I haven't heard of any controversy over it, but I did notice that their actual mascot (guy dressed up) is now a hawk.

[RICHARD]

Jesus' favorite teams are the Cardinals and the Saints...

Just so you know.

He doesn't like the Raiders tho.....

Red Devils!!!!

Aren't you posting that a little to close to Football Jesus???

[Twisterdog]

When I was in junior high, I was a Panther.

My son is in junior high now, and he is a Cougar.

The high schoolers here are Tigers.

I guess we're just a feline kind of town ... rather strange since nary a panther, cougar or tiger has ever inhabited this area. LOL


In college I was a Boilermaker.


Don't know why I'm posting this, it doesn't answer the original question, and no one cares. LOL Must mean it is time to go to bed!

[2kitties]

I think the worst are the poor souls who attend the University of South Carolina.
Gamecocks.
All innocent enough since it refers to a rooster.
But the school chants Go Cocks during games.

To avoid the risk of being dirty and offensive, I conclude my arguments on this school.