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BigBen · 04-12-2005, 12:33 PM

"Goldberg has been backed by the Alliance Against Racial Mascots, a group that seeks the elimination of American Indian mascots, logos, team names and nicknames in all California schools and educational institutions."

I really liked that part. Who knew that there was such an alliance?

I have to say that my school went through this... 14 years ago!!

In the end, there was an impassioned speech from our principal to the public on the news saying "We are using that term as a sense of honour... not as a racist thing. We want all our students to strive for the best in themselves, and that is something the First Nations people do every day. We want to follow in their proud tradition."

There was no more debate on the subject. With all the shit going on in the world, are there people really losing sleep about this?

And yes, if there was a team called The Honkies or The Fighting Irish, I would be pretty upset.

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BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	"Goldberg has been backed by the Alliance Against Racial Mascots, a group that seeks the elimination of American Indian mascots, logos, team names and nicknames in all California schools and educational institutions." I really liked that part. Who knew that there was such an alliance? I have to say that my school went through this... 14 years ago!! In the end, there was an impassioned speech from our principal to the public on the news saying "We are using that term as a sense of honour... not as a racist thing. We want all our students to strive for the best in themselves, and that is something the First Nations people do every day. We want to follow in their proud tradition." There was no more debate on the subject. With all the shit going on in the world, are there people really losing sleep about this? And yes, if there was a team called The Honkies or The Fighting Irish, I would be pretty upset. __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.