We MUST Get Rid Of These Offensive Sports Team Names
Jan 17, 2014 06:13:55 #
Remus
Loc: Norfolk, UK
May I suggest some revised names?
The Green Bay Ballerinas, The Oakland Vegetarians and The New York Hugs 'n' Kisses.
Just trying to help in my ignorant Limey way.
The Green Bay Ballerinas, The Oakland Vegetarians and The New York Hugs 'n' Kisses.
Just trying to help in my ignorant Limey way.
Jan 17, 2014 06:31:27 #
Opus wrote:
My wife thought "the fighting Irish" of Notre Dame was a slander, then she met my family and it all made sense.
:thumbup:
Jan 17, 2014 06:31:35 #
georgevedwards wrote:
Then I propose just renaming all professional sports teams with politically correct names. Actually as long as we are cleaning house lets eliminate football altogether, much worse than inappropriate names is the violent nature of the game which by its very nature gives concussive brain damage to all who play it. Bashing heads together constantly, one human violently hitting another, what kind of message is this?
Mr president, In order to be politically correct on the international scale, "football" should be replaced with "handball". Our European friends and allies play football, aka: soccer, but in our game we ugly Americans use our hands more than our feet.
Jan 17, 2014 06:40:21 #
georgevedwards wrote:
Then I propose just renaming all professional sports teams with politically correct names. Actually as long as we are cleaning house lets eliminate football altogether, much worse than inappropriate names is the violent nature of the game which by its very nature gives concussive brain damage to all who play it.
I've noticed that new teams have politically correct names.
As to your second point, I heard on the news that the NFL is in court trying to settle on how many hundreds of millions of dollars to pay to their former players because they have brain damage. These poor guys just wanted to have some fun playing a game. How were they supposed to know that this game might cause physical harm? They probably thought that the thousands of dollar's worth of protective gear was just for appearance. I don't have exact figures, but I doubt these guys were being paid very much of a salary. After all, it's just a game.
Jan 17, 2014 06:40:44 #
Iwantitall wrote:
Sorry Gitzo can't work. Liberals seem to be offend... (show quote)
dare I say the word "wetback"" ?
Jan 17, 2014 06:41:34 #
sye wrote:
Mr president, In order to be politically correct on the international scale, "football" should be replaced with "handball". Our European friends and allies play football, aka: soccer, but in our game we ugly Americans use our hands more than our feet.
If we want to avoid being politically correct, how can we keep using the word "ball" for our sports? Disgusting! :D
Jan 17, 2014 06:44:26 #
bull drink water wrote:
dare I say the word "wetback"" ?
And where would that team be from? :D
Jan 17, 2014 07:40:44 #
jerryc41 wrote:
And where would that team be from? :D
From taking a shower. :lol:
Jan 17, 2014 07:41:19 #
Opus wrote:
My wife thought "the fighting Irish" of Notre Dame was a slander, then she met my family and it all made sense.
Hilarious.
Jan 17, 2014 07:44:30 #
The columnist would probably like these, because it's "all about the children"...and he should know. ;-)
Remus wrote:
May I suggest some revised names?
The Green Bay Ballerinas, The Oakland Vegetarians and The New York Hugs 'n' Kisses.
Just trying to help in my ignorant Limey way.
The Green Bay Ballerinas, The Oakland Vegetarians and The New York Hugs 'n' Kisses.
Just trying to help in my ignorant Limey way.
Jan 17, 2014 08:15:01 #
oldgabby
Loc: Middle Tennessee
Bill....man, you're QUICK! You replied to that post before I finished posting it! Read it again! I had forgot to add the most important part! (The FIRST line ) (It's a little different now )
I was reading over and over wondering "What the flock created the *^!#&%$ responses. I was thinking "read it over"
Wheeeww. then i saw the correction statement and thought to myself "Thank Goodness!! Still my Vermont Tech Missionary Institute 'FIGHTING SYRUP GATHERERS' nickname is still safe.
I was reading over and over wondering "What the flock created the *^!#&%$ responses. I was thinking "read it over"
Wheeeww. then i saw the correction statement and thought to myself "Thank Goodness!! Still my Vermont Tech Missionary Institute 'FIGHTING SYRUP GATHERERS' nickname is still safe.
Jan 17, 2014 08:40:21 #
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Jan 17, 2014 08:55:35 #
joehel2 wrote:
There is nothing that isn't offensive to someone. I vote for Washington Redskin (potatoes).
Nope, Potatoes are offensive to farmers and low carb dieters ..
My team is the Ravens but now realize that that is offensive to bird lovers, Edgar Allen Poe relatives, and of course, birds themselves
Maybe just give the teams numbers, binary of course
Jan 17, 2014 09:05:30 #
Gitzo wrote:
Bill.......Read it AGAIN! It wasn't MY idea! I was some idiot lib's "idea"! I wouldn't care if Green Bay wanted to call themselves the "Fudge Packers"! (Although it would probably be more appropriate to leave that name for San Francisco? )
If the people in San Francisco could actually read you would be getting a lot of hate coming to you for that remark. :roll:
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