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    How about the Washington Roosevelt Franklins???



    They could keep the same colors and everything...
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    Swede;

    Chief Wahoo is Cleveland Indians
    Chief Knock a Homma is Atlanta.

    Willie Wampum is Marquette.

    Some facts are hard to come by, uffdah


    Good ole Southeastern State has a liberal fit and changed the name from Savages to Savage Storm.

    Pee You.

    I for one like Warner Brothers 1930's 1940's cartoons.

    The Woody Woodpecker and Terri Toons are not for the most dainty of liberal thought process, if any.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sooner6600 View Post
    Swede;

    Chief Wahoo is Cleveland Indians
    Chief Knock a Homma is Atlanta.

    Willie Wampum is Marquette.

    Some facts are hard to come by, uffdah


    Good ole Southeastern State has a liberal fit and changed the name from Savages to Savage Storm.

    Pee You.

    I for one like Warner Brothers 1930's 1940's cartoons.

    The Woody Woodpecker and Terri Toons are not for the most dainty of liberal thought process, if any.
    Uffdah? Oh gosh. Here we go.

    Ole and Lars were working for the city public works department in Wisconsin. Ole would dig a hole and Lars would follow behind and fill the hole in. They worked up one side of the street, then down the other, then moved on to the next street, working furiously all day without rest, one digging a hole, the other filling it in again.

    An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't understand what they were doing. So he asked Ole, 'I'm impressed by the effort you two are putting in to your work, but I don't get it -- why do you dig a hole, only to have your partner follow behind and fill it up again?'

    Ole, the hole digger, wiped his brow and sighed, 'Vell, I suppose it probably looks odd because ve're normally a three-person team. But today Sven, who plants da trees called in sick.'
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    Ole, Lena & Sven are fishing in Northern Wisconsin one summer. Sven accidentally drops his sunglasses in the water and decides to go in after them. After awhile, he fails to come up and Ole & Lena both remember Sven can't swim. Ole goes in after him and after a bit, gets the body up into the boat. After starting mouth-to-mouth..Ole says "I don't recall Sven having breath this bad"...To which Lena replies..."I don't think he was wearing that snowmobile suit either".
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    Quote Originally Posted by mraynrand View Post
    I bet this one was nixed because it frightened young children - and was probably made with highly friable asbestos-laden plaster-like material.
    It seems to be of a piece with the Indians logo. It must have been part of a trend in cartoons or comics or something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pbmax View Post
    It seems to be of a piece with the Indians logo. It must have been part of a trend in cartoons or comics or something.
    It always struck me as funny that trumpets went "Bwaa Duh Bwaa dint duh duuh!" every time the Indians showed up in a movie or a cartoon, like it was a jazz band of Indians at the top of the rise. I always wondered when that meme got its start.
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    This is a tough issue. I think the main reason is because the name has been around so long and most are desensitized to it. I can't imagine an expansion team being given a similar name today.
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    Quote Originally Posted by swede View Post
    It always struck me as funny that trumpets went "Bwaa Duh Bwaa dint duh duuh!" every time the Indians showed up in a movie or a cartoon, like it was a jazz band of Indians at the top of the rise. I always wondered when that meme got its start.
    It's a well known fact that indians love jazz
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    Quote Originally Posted by mraynrand View Post
    It's a well known fact that indians love jazz
    And they could have gotten a bugle or two from F Troop.

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    This doesn't add anything to the discussion, but it was considered pretty funny when it came out:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman View Post
    This doesn't add anything to the discussion....
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    Shouldn't the Cleveland Indians have Sanjai Najanamabad as a mascot?

    As PB has pointed out (if I read correctly in my skimming), it's not the association with the tribes that gets to some people it's the name itself. The 49ers could be renamed the yellowskins I suppose. The team could wear socks and sandals instead of cleats and carry around digital cameras.

    LA's next expansion team should be the brownskins, and they could all come on to the field in low riders with murals painted on the back shooting pistols in the air.

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    I have a simple test -- could you go into a bar filled with native americans and shout out, "Hi'ya, Redskins"?

    Apply the same test to a bar full of Scandinavians, this time referring to the denizens as "Vikings" -- you'd be drinking free all night.

    So don't waste my time with false equivalencies. This should be easy. The name is clearly offensive and archaic. And just because it's been used for a long time doesn't mean squat. The passage of time does not make stupid stuff unstupid; it just makes it stupider that it's not getting fixed.

    And, as MadScientist pointed out, there's such an easy solution. Call 'em the "PigSkins." The fightsong can be easily modified (substitute "Hogs" for "Braves"), and the hog merchandising opportunities should make the front-office drool.

    This needs to happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noodle View Post
    I have a simple test -- could you go into a bar filled with native americans and shout out, "Hi'ya, Redskins"?

    Apply the same test to a bar full of Scandinavians, this time referring to the denizens as "Vikings" -- you'd be drinking free all night.

    So don't waste my time with false equivalencies. This should be easy. The name is clearly offensive and archaic. And just because it's been used for a long time doesn't mean squat. The passage of time does not make stupid stuff unstupid; it just makes it stupider that it's not getting fixed.

    And, as MadScientist pointed out, there's such an easy solution. Call 'em the "PigSkins." The fightsong can be easily modified (substitute "Hogs" for "Braves"), and the hog merchandising opportunities should make the front-office drool.

    This needs to happen.
    Hi Noodle:

    Your use of analogy and logic makes the question look simple.
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    Serious question, do Scandinavians really react well to being called Vikings?
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    Black people were enslaved and victims of horrible mistreatment. Native Americans were victims of a near genocide. Maybe we should change the Panthers name to the Carolina Niggers? Maybe the San Francisco faggots? These are complimentary terms coming from the likes of Dan Schnieder, no?

    Fuck that, just rename your stupid team and shut up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zool View Post
    LA's next expansion team should be the brownskins, and they could all come on to the field in low riders with murals painted on the back shooting pistols in the air.
    As a Brownskin I must say I find nothing offensive about this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JustinHarrell View Post
    Black people were enslaved and victims of horrible mistreatment. Native Americans were victims of a near genocide. Maybe we should change the Panthers name to the Carolina Niggers? Maybe the San Francisco faggots? These are complimentary terms coming from the likes of Dan Schnieder, no?

    Fuck that, just rename your stupid team and shut up.
    Stupid. It's just a name of a sports team. What about all those towns in Wisconsin that have Native American names, you gonna rename them too?

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    And I of Irish descent have no issues with Notre Dame and that silly leprechaun as their mascot.

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