Should the Edmonton Eskimos have to change their name?

Started by Barrister, December 01, 2015, 01:13:45 PM

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garbon

#30
December 01, 2015, 03:40:21 PM
Quote from: The Brain on December 01, 2015, 03:02:17 PM
PC gone mad. So I guess yeah they should change their name.

Gone mad? You can't ask people to change things you don't like?
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The Brain

#31
December 01, 2015, 03:42:55 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 01, 2015, 03:40:21 PM
Quote from: The Brain on December 01, 2015, 03:02:17 PM
PC gone mad. So I guess yeah they should change their name.

Gone mad? You can't ask people to change things you don't like?

wut
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Valmy

#32
December 01, 2015, 03:42:58 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 01, 2015, 02:47:23 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 01, 2015, 02:46:35 PM
If the name describe a people they aren't, what grounds to they have to complain?

:huh:

For the same reason indigenous people complain about the name Redskin. 

Eskimo is a slur?

Anyway have to is a bit strong.

They probably should though. Do the Inuit have any recommendations?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Eddie Teach

#33
December 01, 2015, 03:46:07 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2015, 03:42:58 PM
They probably should though. Do the Inuit have any recommendations?

Polar Bears. They wouldn't even have to change the mascot.
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Valmy

#34
December 01, 2015, 03:49:15 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 01, 2015, 03:46:07 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2015, 03:42:58 PM
They probably should though. Do the Inuit have any recommendations?

Polar Bears. They wouldn't even have to change the mascot.



Damn. You are right they are already the Polar Bears.

Well hell Edmonton Football Team that is a no brainer. I mean only the most suicidally stubborn and idiotic business man in the world would wage this fight.

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

The Brain

#35
December 01, 2015, 03:51:50 PM
That's an awfully white bear. How about being a bit inclusive for a change?
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garbon

#36
December 01, 2015, 03:52:36 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2015, 03:49:15 PM
Damn. You are right they are already the Polar Bears.

Did you miss the mascot in the OP, Tim? :P
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

#37
December 01, 2015, 03:52:52 PM
Quote from: The Brain on December 01, 2015, 03:51:50 PM
That's an awfully white bear. How about being a bit inclusive for a change?

White Bear Power!
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

The Brain

#38
December 01, 2015, 03:53:46 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 01, 2015, 03:52:36 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2015, 03:49:15 PM
Damn. You are right they are already the Polar Bears.

Did you miss the mascot in the OP, Tim? :P

Looks more like an albino crocodile.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Valmy

#39
December 01, 2015, 03:54:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 01, 2015, 03:52:36 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2015, 03:49:15 PM
Damn. You are right they are already the Polar Bears.

Did you miss the mascot in the OP, Tim? :P

Yes. Images and websites hosted in foreign countries are blocked on my government computer so all I see is a broken link.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Malthus

#40
December 01, 2015, 03:55:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2015, 03:54:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 01, 2015, 03:52:36 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2015, 03:49:15 PM
Damn. You are right they are already the Polar Bears.

Did you miss the mascot in the OP, Tim? :P

Yes. Images and websites hosted in foreign countries are blocked on my government computer so all I see is a broken link.

Better that way. Lest you, a valued government employee, be infected with Canadian-ness.  :D
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Admiral Yi

#41
December 01, 2015, 04:05:47 PM
"Bar down?" :unsure:

Local pronounciation of bear down?

Oexmelin

#42
December 01, 2015, 04:06:24 PM
Of course they should.
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Valmy

#43
December 01, 2015, 04:07:09 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on December 01, 2015, 04:06:24 PM
Of course they should.

They should have to? I don't know. Strikes me as censorship.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Jacob

#44
December 01, 2015, 04:12:00 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2015, 04:07:09 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on December 01, 2015, 04:06:24 PM
Of course they should.

They should have to? I don't know. Strikes me as censorship.

It's only censorship if "should have to" means mandated by government action, no?

If "should have to" means "by dint of public opinion and good taste" then it wouldn't be censorship, right?
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