Puhonix Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 NCAA Bans Indian Mascots From Postseason This is a mess, Some schools, if not most schools actually have healthy relationship with the tribes they are named for, such as FSU and the Seminole nation! They have the full support of the group, and even work together to raise awareness and accuaracy of the representation of the Seminole Indians. I'm sure its the same elsewhere. Can it be that once again white America is fleecing the indians?
Arkady Renko Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 How about the Orangemen becoming the Orange? I don't understand why Marquette had to change the name "Warriors". Do Warriors have to be Indians?
R. Rich Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Reminds me of a great skit from the old Mad TV show (before it became Sad TV), when the Native Americans had used the proceeds from their casinos to buy the major sports teams using Native American mascots/names and rename them, like the Cleveland Klan (instead of the Indians) and the Washington Rednecks (instead of the Redskins). Classic.
Alaska Darin Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 I've always been partial to "Fightin' Whiteys" myself.
bartshan-83 Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Reminds me of a George Carlin joke about Notre Dame: "Being Irish, I guess I should resent the Notre Dame nickname, "The Fighting Irish." After all, how long do you think nicknames like "The Bargaining Jews" or "The Murdering Italians" would last? Only the ironic Irish could be so naively honest. I get the feeling that Notre Dame came real close to naming itself "The Fvckin' Drunken, Thick-skulled, Brawling, Short-dicked Irish."
Gavin in Va Beach Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 BART at ND said: Reminds me of a George Carlin joke about Notre Dame:"Being Irish, I guess I should resent the Notre Dame nickname, "The Fighting Irish." After all, how long do you think nicknames like "The Bargaining Jews" or "The Murdering Italians" would last? Only the ironic Irish could be so naively honest. I get the feeling that Notre Dame came real close to naming itself "The Fvckin' Drunken, Thick-skulled, Brawling, Short-dicked Irish." 399730[/snapback]
R. Rich Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Alaska Darin said: I've always been partial to "Fightin' Whiteys" myself. 399723[/snapback] So have I.
Ramius Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 what a !@#$in joke...as a seminole, we pride ourselves in the great seminole tradition and everyone knows that the Seminole tribe has allowed it and apporved of it... just one mroe reason why i hate the NCAA...they are starting to run college sports like a damn dictatorship... :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: NCAA...
R. Rich Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Ramius said: what a !@#$in joke...as a seminole, we pride ourselves in the great seminole tradition and everyone knows that the Seminole tribe has allowed it and apporved of it... just one mroe reason why i hate the NCAA...they are starting to run college sports like a damn dictatorship... :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: NCAA... 399782[/snapback] I see.
stuckincincy Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 I cannot express the pain I felt when my college failed to offer a degree in Germo-American Studies. Such a total dissing of diversity, so unfair, so much unequal treatment...
Ramius Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 R. Rich said: I see. 399785[/snapback] Cut me a break man, i've been writing the background for an AHA grant all day long, and sifting through a ton of papers to do it...its not a lot of fun and my eyes are about to bug out of my head...
R. Rich Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Ramius said: Cut me a break man, i've been writing the background for an AHA grant all day long, and sifting through a ton of papers to do it...its not a lot of fun and my eyes are about to bug out of my head... 399804[/snapback] Go have a drink. Or two. Or 37. That'll straighten out your eyesight.
stuckincincy Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Ramius said: Cut me a break man, i've been writing the background for an AHA grant all day long, and sifting through a ton of papers to do it...its not a lot of fun and my eyes are about to bug out of my head... 399804[/snapback] What's AHA? A taxpayer-subsidized comedy troupe?
Ramius Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 R. Rich said: Go have a drink. Or two. Or 37. That'll straighten out your eyesight. 399807[/snapback] thats gotta wait until after softball when i am parked on the couch watching the scrimmage...unless you're buying...
R. Rich Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Ramius said: thats gotta wait until after softball when i am parked on the couch watching the scrimmage...unless you're buying... 399817[/snapback] I'll only buy the first 30.
Puhonix Posted August 5, 2005 Author Posted August 5, 2005 R. Rich said: I'll only buy the first 30. 399819[/snapback] Past 4 drinks, and he's the human paperweight.
OBXBILLSFAN Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 I think the historic treatment of Native Americans is one of the saddest chapters in American history. However, this NCAA ruling takes political correctness to its most ridiculous extreme. I despise this kind of tokenism. Most Native American nicknames and mascots connote bravery and a strong, fighting spirit. Apparently these virtues are no longer in vogue, at least in liberal academia.
Ramius Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Puhonix said: Past 4 drinks, and he's the human paperweight. 399845[/snapback] Are you kidding me? Remember that i am irish, so i have the drinking gene, and numerous times i have drunk you under the table...you dont stand a chance, lightweight...
Ramius Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 stuckincincy said: What's AHA? A taxpayer-subsidized comedy troupe? 399816[/snapback] American Heart Association
Ramius Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 R. Rich said: I'll only buy the first 30. 399819[/snapback] Works for me...i'll hafta find my way up to baltimore in the near future
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