View Poll Results: Agree with Redskins patent office decision?

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    6 15.79%
  • "Redskins" trademarks should not be canceled

    32 84.21%
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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    The term refers to bloody Indian scalps.
    Originally it was meant to honor Tamany.

    It's offensive.

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by sooneron View Post
    No card, my family members didn't want to get in line back then.
    As my Chickasaw great granny didn't want to either. And I can understand that: "Hi, we're from the government. To help us help you, please show up, tell us a lot about where to find you and give us personal identification data. No reason not to trust us."
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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by KantoSooner View Post
    Card carrying Cherokee, pal. You?
    Do you have a Cherokee tribal tag? Because if so you're probably a terrible driver.

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by picasso View Post
    The term refers to bloody Indian scalps.
    Originally it was meant to honor Tamany.

    It's offensive.
    You mean Tammany Hall? That was named after an Indian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by picasso View Post
    Do you have a Cherokee tribal tag? Because if so you're probably a terrible driver.
    Better than Sac and Fox.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Widescreen View Post
    You mean Tammany Hall? That was named after an Indian.
    Yeah, the Redskins were named originally to honor him.

    It's offensive. It goes beyond political correctness.

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by Eielson View Post
    Better than Sac and Fox.
    Wrong. The worst are by far the Cherokees. I've been taking notes.
    I have a Citizen Potawatomi tag.

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by picasso View Post
    Do you have a Cherokee tribal tag? Because if so you're probably a terrible driver.
    No I live in Osage County and the car has to 'live' in old Cherokee nation to get such a tag. I do like the tribal tags and cherish my memories of the early 1980's when OHP got repeatedly slammed in Federal Court ticketing people for no license who were driving on tribal tags. Happy Times.
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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    I am deeply offended by the Fighting Irish, Celtics, Cowboys, Vikings and Sooners.
    Speck

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    I've been thinking and I'm prepared to come over to the side of hypersensitive PC. All I ask is that all towns named after the genocidists Jackson and Sherman be renamed. 'Adolf Coors' though demonstrably a distinct individual's name, is too close to that other Adolf. Change it to 'Sam' Coors; sounds more American, anyway. Expunge the slave abuser Thomas Jefferson from our national history texts. He wasn't THAT important, anyway. While we're at it, let's look at Tammany Hall. And the Irish. Notre Dame needs a new mascot, pronto. A drunken, bellicose, obviously Irish sort is simply not acceptable. I've long noted how the Celtic students of Notre Dame were repeatedly and ritually shamed by that little bastard's presence. And then there's the Celtics themselves. Gone with them, I demand! Either the mostly black players or the heavily Irish fans (in Boston) would logically have to be offended. The Braves? Please. The Seminoles? Oh, Dear! The Knickerbockers? And the Browns.....oh my.
    I think I've got it, though. All that hideous old minded crap goes. We just take the first letter of the city in which the team is based and use that. Any Denver team therefore, becomes 'The Ds'. If there's more than one pro team, them delineate according to sport, 'The Football Ds' 'The Baseball Ws' and so forth. If you have a dispute between say San Francisco and San Diego, then flip a coin, one becomes the 'The Ss' and the other The S1s'.
    See, we can rid ourselves of the hoary crust of racist/nationalist/political hatreds if we really try.
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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Watch out Union High School you are next

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    I really wish there were a "I don't care option", but since that's not available I voted it should be cancelled. Here's my logic: If I see a Native American, and call that person a "redskin", that would be derogatory. So, by that definition, I think the name is derogatory.

    That said, I don't really have a say in this issue. It doesn't affect me one way or another.

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Honestly, if they change the name, I don't really care. I was more irritated when the same town's NBA team changed their name from the Bullets because that's just too violent sounding.

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Lets go with the Washington Fighting Whities----We can say its named after underware

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    I wished he'd hurry and change the name to the Washington RedNecks. It'd make me proud.
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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by picasso View Post
    The term refers to bloody Indian scalps.
    Originally it was meant to honor Tamany.

    It's offensive.
    I just did a little spot research on the etymology, and I saw nothing about scalps. Not saying that some, maybe even many, didn't make that connection; just saying that it is apparently not a widely-held view.

    For myself, the solution should be simple. If you feel the term is offensive, then don't support the team in any way. Pretty soon - assuming that your opinion is widely held - their hand will be forced by the lack of profitability of the franchise. And if it doesn't turn out that way, then maybe most people don't feel the same way about the term.

    If indeed the opinion of "redskin" as being a pejorative term is not widely held, then should the government be acting at all? Should we all be forced to have the "correct" opinions? I think not ... but your mileage may vary.

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    gawd, aren't you people tired of the government getting into every bed in America yet?
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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by olevetonahill View Post
    Im Part Black so I must be Jigsaw
    I think that's the funniest ****'n thing I've read in quite a while!!

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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by Turd_Ferguson View Post
    I think that's the funniest ****'n thing I've read in quite a while!!
    Thank you, I was begining to wonder if this board had Lost all sense of humor.
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    Re: Poll: Washington Redskins patent ruling

    Quote Originally Posted by swardboy View Post
    gawd, aren't you people tired of the government getting into every bed in America yet?
    yes, yes I am...
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