God of Tits and Wine
PB, I'm part Irish. I'm offended! I'm calling Anticor and the Irish Rights Group Council right now and filing a lawsuit against you! I'm sensitive!Originally Posted by Parkbandit
A dumb thing to do would be to not fight this. Personally, as an Irish American, I'm upset and offended by this mascot and I will move to have it changed as it shows my people in a very disparaging light.
And this one as well
Black Mamba
Saint by Day, Devil at Night
How would you feel about a team named the "caucasian skull fuckers"?
And your whole logic is backward. You want to offend people then tell them they are offended too easily? I'm guessing you've been punched in the face a few times in your life with that viewpoint.
Last edited by Back; 06-18-2014 at 08:51 PM.
Black Mamba
Sounds like a team I'd want to play on.
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Black Entertainment Television.
I find that offensive for all black people. It should be renamed to African-American Television.
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I'm offended by the name Back. It's offensive to all the chest, pectoral, and abdomens of the world. Change it now.
Last edited by Dwaar; 06-18-2014 at 09:19 PM.
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Not even close to being right.
The legal consequence of the decision to the team will be small. The social consequence could be an avalanche of public opinion."This decision does not mean that the Redskins trademark is no longer enforceable, or that third parties will now be able to sell Redskins merchandise," said Monica Riva Talley, a trademark attorney not involved in this dispute.
Riva Talley said the team still owns enforceable “common law” trademark rights in the name based on its many decades of use. Even Riva Talley admits the decision may have a domino-effect in the dispute over the team's name and logo, which Native American groups have called racist.
"What it may do is help sway public opinion as to whether a sports team, much less one located in the nation’s capital, should use a term found to disparage a segment of the population," she said.
From a brand value perspective, Riva Talley said the Redskins trademark may become less marketable if the public perception is that the mark is disparaging.
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We might also get a first amendment case out of it. If a football owner wants to use a disparaging name, what right does the government have to treat that name less favorably than names that are not disparaging? We may, therefore, see the Redskins team in court arguing that they have a constitutional right to use a disparaging name. If they make that argument, though, they will lose the public perception war all the more quickly.
A smart team owner would cut his losses and change the name now. But a smart team owner would NEVER have said what this owner said.
God of Tits and Wine
I don't want to offend people. It's not my goal. I think people who are easily offended are pussies however, and should probably seek out a painful suicide.
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Irish in the sense that you drink green beer on St. Patrick's day and have a (possibly distant) relative from there, or Irish in the sense that you were brought up in Ireland or with Irish traditions, can speak the language, and have a strong, non-commercial connection to the culture?
I'm Irish as well (the former example) and I'm not offended by the mascots either, but I'm not going to go to Ireland and call everybody micks or leprechauns and say -they- shouldn't be offended by a stereotype.
You had better pay your guild dues before you forget. You are 113 months behind.
Saint by Day, Devil at Night
Well I think you're a fucking scumbag of a human being if you think people who get offended by other people's callous statements are the people who are in the wrong.
Last edited by Back; 06-18-2014 at 09:41 PM.
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