“Indian” mascots – appropriate or not?

[micki76]

My high school team was the Fighting Farmers. Now, that was embarrassing.

Edit to add this:

Soledad, you would make your point better and people would take you and your opinion a lot more seriously if you cut the sarcasm, the name calling and the insinuations. Oh, your attitude that you are better than all of us is getting a little old.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

My high school mascot are the "Hunters". It's a guy, aiming a gun at something. That's realllllly appropriate for school, eh?

[Kfamr]

My school's mascot is the "Sponger"....We were listed on the top ten stupidest highschool mascots on David Letterman.

[mugsy]

My high school's mascot was the Spartan and IPFW (college) was the Mastodons because they've found 3 mastodon skeletons on the campus.

Now, if my parents had moved to Wisconsin when I was in high school, I would have attended a school whose population was 150 K-12 and whose nickname was the Fighting Evergreens and the mascot was a pine tree....top that one!!

[micki76]

Originally posted by Kfamr
My school's mascot is the "Sponger"....We were listed on the top ten stupidest highschool mascots on David Letterman.

Sponger? As in an absorbent material used to wash cars and wipe counters???

[Kfamr]

" Mr. Sponger" (like Prom King) wears a sponge on his head. EAT THAT.

Edit:

LMAO.... BEAT THAT, too.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by micki76
Sponger? As in an absorbent material used to wash cars and wipe counters???

Sponger as in the people who dive for sponges.

[gini]

LIKE SPONGE BOB, SQUARE PANTS

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Originally posted by gini
LIKE SPONGE BOB, SQUARE PANTS

LOL! That's what I first thought of too.

[micki76]

KayAnn, you win.

[mugsy]

You mean to tell me that Sponger beats an Evergreen tree???

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by gini
LIKE SPONGE BOB, SQUARE PANTS

Actually, I heard a while back that they were considering using him as out mascot.

[micki76]

Originally posted by mugsy
You mean to tell me that Sponger beats an Evergreen tree???

Uh, no. I think we actually have a tie. Trees and spongers.

As a person with a bit of Native American blood coursing through my veins, I would like to rename all these lame team mascots on your beahlf and change them all to something noble and proud from my heritage.

[andrea_NMAggie]

Dare I ask what you'd rename them as?

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Karen

I don't mind debates, folks, but BE POLITE! No slinging insults back and forth, or questioning anyone's sanity - after all, many non-pet-lovers would think we're ALL crazy.

I'l be the first to admit it.
I'm crazy..

another BTW..the Cal State Northridge team is named the
"matadors" which literally means 'killers' and the guy that 'dispatches' the bull in a bull fight-in spanish.

Now, is that offensive to all killers or just killers who are Latino?


Monty Montezuma was not an option in San Diego but Being a killer in Los Angeles is?????


let me scratch my head for a moment....