Re: BTW, Michael
- From: Sean S <see@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:50:26 -0500
"winnard" <8track1NO@xxxxxxxxxxx> laid this on me:
>
> "Michael" <emdeedubyatrois@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3hzKe.22015$3S5.3467@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "Jon Russell" <jonruss63tcov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ddedv401g4t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > http://www.channel3000.com/news/4262511/detail.html
>> >
>> > Story about local residents pushing to change the name of "Squaw
>> > Bay".
>> >
>> > Care to draw a line as to what should and shouldn't be changed?
>> >
>> > I'll accept your apologies for the baby factories crack.
>> >
>> > Jon Russell, the CheeseHusker
>>
>> Yeah, "squaw" is pretty ugly too. Listen, would you go up to a bunch
>> of Indians and call thems "squaws" or "redskins"? These names are
>> obviously derogatory. It's the same reason we don't have "Kraut Peak"
>> or a team called the "Krauts."
>>
>
> Fighting Irish is really derogatory. It is demeaning to their
> heritage.
> A mascot dressed as a Leprechaun, jeez that makes me want to slap a
> nun.
>
> winnard
IAWTP, actually (exceopt the slap the nun part...)
But I am in the tiny majority among Irish brethern, who for some
reason think otherwise, so I keep my mouth shut and worry about other things
in life.
Sean
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