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Re: Sports teams with "offensive" names?
Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:38 AM on j-body.org
Ah native americans....the losers who get everything. I don't hate native americans, I'm technically part of an Indian church (when I go), and my last g/f was native american. But when they own all the Casino's in the state, get tax breaks, and have their own elections I begin to wonder. I think we have the right to use whatever name we can think of for a sports team. I live in Oklahoma and nobody's complained about the all the Indian names for the high school teams. We even had banner's to support our games that'd say "Skin the Savages". No Indians complained.


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Re: Sports teams with
Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:41 AM on j-body.org
we paid them back how??


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Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:55 AM on j-body.org
Its a shame the way native americans were treated for so long. But I didn't do it so why should I have to pay for what others have done? Same thing with slavery. I never owned one single slave neither did my dad grand dad great grand dad and so on so why should I be expected to owe the desendants of slaves anything?

The teams names shoul not be changed to appease anyone. Indians used to refer to themselves as REDSKINS that is what they wanted to be called. And now its no good?



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Re: Sports teams with
Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:51 AM on j-body.org
No, they invariably call themself "first people" or "first nations", some translate as "Original people". No proper native term means "redskin". They didn't even know that people came in different colours until Europens came and started the slaugter.

We can never repay the damage cause by our invation. I don't really think we should try either. The change was so great, the damage so large, all we can do is try to be understanding and try to remove some of the stigma.

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Re: Sports teams with
Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:32 PM on j-body.org
ppl are @!#$ pussies and need to quit worrying about whether everyone else in the entire world supports a decision or wont be offended , get over it seriously



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Re: Sports teams with
Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:47 PM on j-body.org
All those offened by the name of a sporting team please see the definition of little bitch I supplied. You are dangerously close to recieving a label you wont like.


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Re: Sports teams with
Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:16 AM on j-body.org
i think the seminoles should have to change their name to something really gay because well i just dont like them and i would love to make fun of my friends who go to school there

on another note, i think maybe the problem isnt with say Florida State calling themselves the seminoles. i think some of the problem may be with the rival teams fans. ive been going to the Florida-Florida State game for years and ive seen my friends come up with some pretty offensive things. maybe they dont want to give rival fans the opportunity to make fun of the indians via a sports team name

just my .02




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