A Fan's letter

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What a great letter. If you don’t get at least a chuckle out of this ?? --- all of the political correctness going around has got to you !!! **** Last two paragraphs are priceless.*******

 

 

 

I think all sports fans will get a kick out of this letter

written to the Chicago Tribune....No matter which side

you are on in the matter of renaming the Washington

Redskins, this is funny.  Here is an e-mail sent to

Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune after an article

he published concerning a name change for the

Washington Redskins.    

      
Dear Mr. Page:

I agree with our Native American population.

I am highly insulted by the racially charged name of the

Washington Redskins. One might argue that to name a

professional football team after Native Americans would

exalt them as fine warriors, but nay, nay. We must be careful

not to offend, and in the spirit of political correctness and

courtesy, we must move forward.
 
Let's ditch the Kansas City Chiefs, the Atlanta Braves and

the Cleveland Indians. If your shorts are in a wad because of

the reference the name Redskins makes to skin colour, then

we need to get rid of the Cleveland Browns.
 
The Carolina Panthers obviously were named to keep the

memory of militant Blacks from the 60s alive. Gone. It's

offensive to us white folk.  The New York Yankees offend the

Southern population. Do you see a team named for the

Confederacy? No! There is no room for any reference to that

tragic war that cost this country so many young men's lives.
 
I am also offended by the blatant references to the Catholic

religion among our sports team names. Totally inappropriate

to have the New Orleans Saints, the Los Angeles Angels or

the San Diego Padres.  Then there are the team names that

glorify criminals who raped and pillaged. We are talking

about the horrible Oakland Raiders, the Minnesota Vikings,

the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Pittsburgh Pirates!

Now, let us address those teams that clearly send the wrong

message to our children. The San Diego Chargers promote

irresponsible fighting or even spending habits. Wrong message

to our children.  The New York Giants and the San Francisco

Giants promote obesity, a growing childhood epidemic.

Wrong message to our children.  The Cincinnati Reds promote

downers/barbiturates. Wrong message to our  children.      
      
The Milwaukee Brewers. Well, that goes without saying.

Wrong message to our children.  
      
So, there you go. We need to support any legislation that comes

out to rectify this travesty, because the government will likely

become involved with this issue, as they should. Just the kind

of thing the do-nothing Congress loves.
 
As a diehard Oregon State fan, my wife and I, with all of this

in mind, suggest it might also make some sense to change the

name of the Oregon State women's athletic teams to something

other than "the Beavers." (especially when they play Southern

California. Do we really want the Trojans sticking it to the

Beavers???)
 
I always love your articles and I generally agree with them.

As for the Redskins name, I would suggest they change the

name to the "Foreskins" to better represent their community,

paying tribute to the dickheads in Congress.

 

 

 

 

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Love it! Good one! Love it.

 

 

 

 

 

[midlifecrisis 4,057]

That has been around for years.

The Cleveland Browns were named for their founder and first head coach Paul Brown btw.

[teelack 10,031]

Thinking through this topic. Really, does the crime of Multicolour Mail sound better than Blackmail?

Then there is the problem at the various Retox bars in Pattaya. Will the Big Breakfast have Dark Shaded Pudding on the menu? 

Like many places, NZ will have to review all those signs that say "Caution-Black Ice". Perhaps Caution - Not White Ice"?

Then there are all the Welshmen who have been with Blackface Sheep. Perhaps they can be simply be called "Sun Tanned Sheep". 

The mind boggles but I cannot have black thoughts about it. 

 

[yorta2 722]

2 hours ago, teelack said:

Thinking through this topic. Really, does the crime of Multicolour Mail sound better than Blackmail?

Then there is the problem at the various Retox bars in Pattaya. Will the Big Breakfast have Dark Shaded Pudding on the menu? 

Like many places, NZ will have to review all those signs that say "Caution-Black Ice". Perhaps Caution - Not White Ice"?

Then there are all the Welshmen who have been with Blackface Sheep. Perhaps they can be simply be called "Sun Tanned Sheep". 

The mind boggles but I cannot have black thoughts about it. 

 

I have often been confused as to why NZers call the stuff 'black Ice' anyway. From my time in Canada, it was called 'Clear Ice', and that makes sense. It might seem like black to the Kiwis (and to some extent, Australians), but ice is clear and the black tarmac surface underneath is visible. For that reason, it should not be a racial joke for you, but just a poorly named thing. ?

[teelack 10,031]

1 hour ago, yorta2 said:

I have often been confused as to why NZers call the stuff 'black Ice' anyway. From my time in Canada, it was called 'Clear Ice', and that makes sense. It might seem like black to the Kiwis (and to some extent, Australians), but ice is clear and the black tarmac surface underneath is visible. For that reason, it should not be a racial joke for you, but just a poorly named thing. ?

The point that you make is good in that this whole world wide obsession with PC gone mad is either badly named products or sheer stupidity. Really, it doesnt matter what or why anything that happened in a historical sense should be pilloried. I know little about the founding of the USA but I seem to recall a pivotal point was a bunch of white guys dressing up as Indians (Sorry indigenous people.). Try as you might you cannot re write history even if you believe that 'Back to the future' was real!

Incidentally, normal ice is easy enough to see but what makes black ice different is that it cannot be seen and hence it poses a greater danger, 

[Jon77 7]

Great funny article!

in my personal opinion I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the names Cleveland Indians or Kansas City Chiefs as long as it’s not derogatory towards the Native Americans. but then again I am not a Native American so I could be completely wrong Our military has ranks such as senior chief master sergeant or chief petty officer and I don’t see anything wrong with that. 
 

redskins was used as a derogatory word towards Native Americans so I do agree with changing the name. 
 

I believe comedian Chris rock one said it’s the same as having a sports team named New York N-word which would be terrible.