FireChan

Why you keep asking me about team names. Unless you consider that a sign of oppression. And why you keep associating a privately owned team with the country it resides in. As if that matters.

Disagree.

What are you talking about?

Sins of our fathers. Are Jews still oppressed in Germany?

Natives aren't oppressed today. My only point. Thanks for disagreeing then agreeing.

When was the last Native American killed by our military in an aggressive event? They enjoy the protection of the US military without paying for it. That cannot be disputed. It doesn't matter if they've been attacked. If the Natives are still oppressed due to the sins of our great-great-great grandfathers, so are the Chinese, Japanese, Irish, and every other immigrant in the US.

So Native Americans today are being oppressed because at least 4 generations ago their ancestors were killed? I gave you a chance to define oppression. Show me a case of Native American oppression in the last generation. You can't, besides "mean names." Are the Irish still oppressed? Their great grandparents couldn't get jobs. Or maybe current Chinese Americans are oppressed, their ancestors were getting blown up to build railroads. Oh wait, they pay taxes, received no reimbursements from the government, including swaths of land, and don't reap one-way benefits of protection by the US military, etc. Necessary ingredients for oppression.

The State. Or the person who was going to have an abortion due to inconvenience actually decides to take responsibility for their actions and take care of the child.

If oppression means stubbing your toe, then yes.

What.

Personally, I'm wondering if people getting abortions would change their mind if a spot opened up in a foster home? Do they even know spots don't exist? Is every adoption agency in the world full to capacity, and turning children away to the streets? How many people who argue against abortion had the choice to get one and didn't?

But what I'm arguing is that the circumstances change nothing. Either way, what makes me who I am is gone. Death with reincarnation, making a different person, with a different upbringing etc. is not me living on. It's another person. Another life. Nothing different than me dying in the real world.

No.

When did I ever use the word capitalize? Are you sure you have the right poster? Rob generally attacks the "feel-good from my computer chair doing nothing constructive" crowd, you probably got us confused.

The people still die. Wiping the hard drive clean is the same as killing who they are. Theoretically. Would you care if you came back to Earth if you weren't you?

More lives? Oh no, please no. Didn't he say the adoption of 250k kids in government beds has no bearing on if murder is justified? I'd take life in a government bed over not living, but even if I wouldn't, no one else should get to make that choice for me.

You asked it only twice. And I don't know. Perhaps 100 more pats on the back.

Language not intended to offend, offending, from a singular private citizen. Classic oppression. I put it right up there with getting blasted by a firehose.

That's a funny definition of oppression.

Who is that? A bunch of white people in the government that you've spent a couple pages arguing shouldn't take part in either side, and should remain "on the sidelines?"

Who is we? Do you and I own the Redskins?

I'd support the right for anyone to name their team whatever they wanted. I may disagree with what they say but, you know that quote... Also, seeing as the name isn't intended to cause offense, rather to give homage and invoke feelings of strength and pride, I'd hope that some could distinguish that. If the intent isn't to cause offense, why take offense? Isn't that why some races can use racial pejoratives as friendly words? Because you know they aren't insulting you?

I'm just asking if you make the link between "Washington Redskins" and the wars/invasion of the Native Americans. When I think of the Redskins, I don't. I think of RG3 and other football players. The link between the team name, or the team location,to me does not equal "Trail of Tears" to me. You, however, claim otherwise. Which is why I asked. You associated Redskins, with Washington, with genocide. A secondary association perhaps. I don't know how that's a strawman. More like your whole point about how it's shameful because it's in our nation's capital. I don't even make that connection. Similar to when I hear "Apache Tank Killer" I don't think of Native reservations, or General Custer. Your argument is that that connection is clear to everybody, but I doubt that is true for everyone.

Yes. You associated the team with the US government. RIght here.